M6 crash J2–J1 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 09:22 on 1 Oct 2026, after 1 h 51 min.
Crash on the M6 southbound at J2–J1 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 07:31. Cleared at 09:22 after 1 h 51 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J2–J1
Collision
07:31–09:22 (cleared after 1 h 51 min) · delay ~30 min · queue 3.4 mi
TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~20)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~49 min (was ~37), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~49)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic, Lane closed
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J2 and J1).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 reported crash J15–J16 northbound
- M6 closed J16 southbound
- M6 crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 crash J15 northbound
- M6 crash J14–J15 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J21A
- M6 reported crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 crash J31–J30 southbound
- M6 crash J12–J13 northbound
- M6 closed J10A–J10 southbound
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