M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J19–J18 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 13:28. Cleared at 15:14 after 1 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 15:14 on 16 Oct 2026, after 1 h 45 min
- Location
- M6 southbound · J19–J18
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 2 of 3 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~86 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs ×3 · National Highways ×7
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- National Highways: 2 of 3 lanes closed
- National Highways: 2 of 3 lanes closed
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~19)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~29 min
- TomTom: delay now ~86 min (was ~29)
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~31), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~86)
- National Highways: 2 of 3 lanes closed (was 1)
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed (was 2)
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- 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).
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J20A and J19).
- Queuing traffic
- M6 southbound between J20A and J19
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The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.