M6 crash J28 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 16:26 on 23 Sept 2026, after 1 h 20 min.
Crash on the M6 northbound at J28 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 15:06. Cleared at 16:26 after 1 h 20 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M6 northbound · J28
Collision
Wed 15:06–Wed 16:26 (cleared after 1 h 20 min) · delay ~48 min · queue 4.6 mi
Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×3
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~41 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~48 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J28).
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound within J28).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 reported crash J32 southbound
- M6 crash J32 northbound
- M6 crash J3–J2 southbound
- M6 crash J21A southbound
- M6 reported crash J20 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J20–J21 northbound
- M6 crash J2–J1 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J20A–J19
- M6 crash J26–J25 southbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
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