M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 14:44 on 11 Oct 2026, after 1 h 31 min.
Crash on the M6 southbound at J19–J18 on Sunday 11 October 2026, from 13:13. Cleared at 14:44 after 1 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, National Highways and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J19–J18
Collision
1 of 3 lanes closed · 13:13–14:44 (cleared after 1 h 31 min) · delay ~6 min · queue 4.9 mi
TomTom ×2 · National Highways ×4 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~24)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
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