M6 crash J21–J20 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J21–J20 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 06:56. Still reported at 08:10 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:56 (1 h 15 min)

Location

M6 southbound · J21–J20

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~43 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 06:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
2. 07:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. 07:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~14 min
4. 07:19 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
5. 07:23 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
6. 07:38 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
7. 07:46 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~23), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
8. 07:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
9. 07:55 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed
• Stationary traffic, Lane closed
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J21 and J20).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 stopped traffic J10–J10A06:15 · Live
• M6 closed02:44 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M6 crash J8–J7 southboundyesterday 17:22 · cleared after 3 h 1 min
• M6 reported crash J3A–J4 northboundyesterday 16:40 · cleared after 43 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northboundyesterday 14:50 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J8 southboundyesterday 12:46 · cleared after 5 h 17 min
• M6 reported crash J21A northboundyesterday 12:01 · cleared after 51 min
• M6 crash J3 southboundyesterday 11:26 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M6 crash J20 northboundyesterday 11:10 · cleared after 2 h 43 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J10Ayesterday 06:17 · cleared after 4 h 7 min

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