M6 crash J21–J20 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 15:57 on 28 Sept 2026, after 1 h 32 min.
Crash on the M6 southbound at J21–J20 on Monday 28 September 2026, from 14:25. Cleared at 15:57 after 1 h 32 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J21–J20
Collision
14:25–15:57 (cleared after 1 h 32 min) · delay ~7 min · queue 4.5 mi
TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J21 and J20).
- Queuing traffic
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 stopped traffic J26–J25
- M6 crash J15–J16 northbound
- M6 reported crash J15–J16 northbound
- M6 crash J41–J40
- M6 reported crash J26–J27 northbound
- M6 reported crash J4–J4A northbound
- M6 delays J11–J10A southbound
- M6 crash J14–J15 southbound
- M6 crash J20–J21 northbound
- M6 reported crash J32 southbound
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