M6 crash J27–J26 southbound
Live Still reported at 09:15 UK time, since 07:21 (1 h 55 min).
Crash on the M6 southbound at J27–J26 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 07:21. Still reported at 09:15 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M6 southbound · J27–J26
Collision
since 07:21 (1 h 55 min) · delay ~10 min · queue 4.1 mi
Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J27 and J26).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (7 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J27 and J26).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound within J26).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 delays J23–J22 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J9–J8
- M6 stopped traffic J21A
- M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M6 reported crash J19–J18 southbound
- M6 crash J27–J28 northbound
- M6 crash J10A–J10 southbound
- M6 crash J22–J21
- M6 crash J16–J17 northbound
- M6 crash J15–J16 northbound
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