M6 crash J21A northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J21A on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 06:51. Still reported at 08:56 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:51 (2 h 5 min)

Location

M6 northbound · J21A

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~15 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. 06:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~10 min
2. 07:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
3. 07:05 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
4. 07:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. 07:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
6. 07:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. 07:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
8. 07:50 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
9. 07:55 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
10. 08:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
11. 08:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
12. 08:14 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
13. 08:33 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
14. 08:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
15. 08:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
16. 08:50 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
17. 08:54 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”

Source reports

• Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed
• Slow traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (6 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J21A before M62 J10 eastbound exit).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J23 and J22).
• Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle

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• M6 crash J8 southboundyesterday 13:38 · cleared after 5 h 30 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southboundyesterday 08:05 · cleared after 3 h 34 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:51 · cleared after 3 h 12 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J21A.

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