M6 crash J21–J21A

Crash on the M6 at J21–J21A on Monday 19 October 2026, from 18:55. Cleared at 19:27 after 32 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:27 on 19 Oct 2026, after 32 min

Location

M6 · J21–J21A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~15 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 18:55 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident, Lane closed”, delay ~13 min
2. 19:00 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
3. 19:13 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
4. 19:27 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 19:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J21A southbound18:41 · cleared after 1 h
• M6 stopped traffic J22–J23 northbound18:25 · cleared after 2 h 57 min
• M6 crash J22–J23 northbound14:29 · cleared after 2 h 42 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound13:40 · cleared after 6 h 10 min
• M6 stopped traffic J4–J4A northbound12:16 · cleared after 1 h 54 min
• M6 reported crash J26–J27 northbound12:09 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M6 crash J36–J3511:25 · cleared after 32 min
• M6 crash J19–J20 northbound06:52 · cleared after 4 h 34 min
• M6 crash J1–J2 northbound06:39 · cleared after 1 h
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J10A06:11 · cleared after 3 h 26 min

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