M6 crash J19–J20 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J19–J20 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 13:31. Cleared at 19:29 after 5 h 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:29 on 29 Oct 2026, after 5 h 58 min

Location

M6 northbound · J19–J20

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~49 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. Thu 13:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
2. Thu 13:38 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
3. Thu 13:38 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION”
4. Thu 13:56 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Thu 14:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~20 min
6. Thu 14:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
7. Thu 14:26 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
8. Thu 14:26 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION”
9. Thu 15:47 TomTom: delay now ~43 min (was ~29)
10. Thu 15:48 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
11. Thu 16:07 TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~33)
12. Thu 16:23 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~44)
13. Thu 16:26 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
14. Thu 16:58 TomTom: delay now ~47 min (was ~33)
15. Thu 19:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
16. Thu 19:24 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
17. Thu 19:29 TomTom no longer reports it
18. Thu 19:29 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J21A before M62 J10 eastbound exit).
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: link road from M62 J10 to M6 northbound J21A).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (9 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J19 and J20).

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 J20.

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