M6 crash J29–J30 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J29–J30 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 06:04. Cleared at 10:25 after 4 h 20 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 10:25 on 23 Sept 2026, after 4 h 20 min

Location

M6 northbound · J29–J30

Reported as

Collision

Sources

Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Wed 06:04 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
2. Wed 07:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. Wed 07:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. Wed 08:19 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Wed 08:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
6. Wed 08:46 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
7. Wed 09:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Wed 09:15 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Wed 09:24 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
10. Wed 09:24 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
11. Wed 10:25 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
12. Wed 10:25 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound within J32).
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J29 and J30).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (9 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J30 and J31).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J16 southboundyesterday 19:23 · cleared after 48 min
• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 18:53 · cleared after 1 h 18 min
• M6 closed J5–J4A southboundyesterday 16:23 · cleared after 1 h 22 min
• 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
• M6 crash J12 northboundyesterday 06:51 · cleared after 47 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10A–J10 southboundyesterday 06:24 · cleared after 3 h 14 min
• M6 crash J19–J18 southboundMon 20:52 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J17 southboundMon 15:39 · cleared after 3 h 6 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J29 and M6 J30.

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