M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J19–J18 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 16:39. Cleared at 19:29 after 2 h 50 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 19:29 on 22 Oct 2026, after 2 h 50 min
- Location
- M6 southbound · J19–J18
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 1 of 3 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Delay ~19 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×3 · National Highways ×8
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~6 min
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~19 min (was ~14), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: now says collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- M6 northbound within J18
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound within J18).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 stopped traffic J5–J6
- M6 crash J25–J26 northbound
- M6 crash J6 northbound
- M6 crash J28–J29 northbound
- M6 reported crash J29 northbound
- M6 crash J3–J3A northbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J2 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J21 southbound
- M6 crash J21A southbound
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