M6 crash J22–J23 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J22–J23 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 09:34. Cleared at 11:27 after 1 h 54 min. Timeline of reports from National Highways and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 11:27 on 27 Oct 2026, after 1 h 54 min

Location

M6 southbound · J22–J23

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

Sources

National Highways · TomTom

Timeline

1. Tue 09:34 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
2. Tue 11:04 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~5 min
3. Tue 11:09 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Tue 11:27 National Highways: lane closure lifted
5. Tue 11:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• M6 southbound between J23 and J22
• Queuing traffic, Accident, Hard shoulder closed

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 J22 and M6 J23.

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