M6 crash J19–J18 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J19–J18 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 21:08. Cleared at 23:48 after 2 h 40 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 23:48 on 28 Oct 2026, after 2 h 40 min

Location

M6 southbound · J19–J18

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

3 of 3 lanes closed

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. Wed 21:08 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
2. Wed 21:11 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT”
3. Wed 21:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
4. Wed 21:18 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Wed 21:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
6. Wed 21:33 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Wed 22:51 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
8. Wed 22:51 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT”
9. Wed 22:51 All clear: no source reports it any more
10. Wed 22:52 National Highways: 3 of 3 lanes closed
11. Wed 23:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
12. Wed 23:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Wed 23:34 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Wed 23:48 National Highways: lane closure lifted
15. Wed 23:48 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
• Queuing traffic
• M6 southbound between J19 and J18

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J19 and M6 J18.

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