M6 crash J19–J18 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J19–J18 on Monday 9 November 2026, from 20:52. Still reported at 22:48 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 20:52 (1 h 56 min)

Location

M6 southbound · J19–J18

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~10 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~32 min

Sources

TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. 20:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. 20:56 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
3. 21:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
4. 21:02 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 21:02 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. 21:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
7. 21:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 21:24 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. 21:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 21:35 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
11. 21:38 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
12. 21:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. 21:43 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~32), “Queuing traffic”
14. 21:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. 21:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. 22:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. 22:11 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
18. 22:28 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
19. 22:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 22:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (15 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 stopped traffic J18–J17 southbound15:39 · cleared after 3 h 6 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10 northbound12:30 · cleared after 6 h 20 min
• M6 crash J11–J10A southbound11:26 · cleared after 1 h 18 min
• M6 crash J14–J15 northbound06:46 · cleared after 1 h 45 min
• M6 stopped traffic J906:06 · cleared after 3 h 12 min
• M6 crash J3 southbound05:26 · cleared after 4 h 6 min
• M6 reported crash J4A–J4 southbound05:24 · cleared after 37 min
• M6 reported crash J15–J16 northboundyesterday 17:27 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M6 crash J6–J7yesterday 14:28 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundyesterday 03:38 · cleared after 4 h 17 min

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

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.