M6 crash J20 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J20 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 03:50. Cleared at 19:14 after 15 h 24 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 19:14 on 27 Oct 2026, after 15 h 24 min

Location

M6 northbound · J20

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~88 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom ×3 · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. Tue 03:50 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. Tue 04:01 TomTom: collision, “Slow traffic, Accident”, delay ~2 min
3. Tue 04:10 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
4. Tue 04:19 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Tue 04:53 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~13 min (reported again)
6. Tue 05:02 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~11)
7. Tue 05:07 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Tue 05:11 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
9. Tue 05:21 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Tue 06:21 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
11. Tue 06:25 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Tue 06:25 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
13. Tue 06:48 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12)
14. Tue 07:06 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~19)
15. Tue 07:38 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~23)
16. Tue 07:47 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~28)
17. Tue 08:10 TomTom: delay now ~74 min (was ~55)
18. Tue 08:29 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Tue 10:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~81 min (reported again)
20. Tue 10:42 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Tue 14:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
22. Tue 14:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
23. Tue 15:51 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 12 hours, so treated as out of date
24. Tue 17:13 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
25. Tue 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
26. Tue 17:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. Tue 17:35 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
28. Tue 17:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~30 min (reported again)
29. Tue 17:52 National Highways: lane closure lifted
30. Tue 17:57 TomTom: delay now ~43 min (was ~30)
31. Tue 18:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
32. Tue 18:18 National Highways: lane closure lifted
33. Tue 18:19 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
34. Tue 19:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
35. Tue 19:14 TomTom no longer reports it
36. Tue 19:14 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J20 before M56 J9 eastbound access).
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic, Lane closed
• M6 northbound between J18 and J19

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 J20.

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