M6 crash J29–J30 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 10:25 on 23 Sept 2026, after 4 h 20 min.
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.
M6 northbound · J29–J30
Collision
Wed 06:04–Wed 10:25 (cleared after 4 h 20 min) · delay ~5 min · queue 5.4 mi
Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- 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).
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- M6 crash J32 northbound
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- M6 reported crash J20 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J20–J21 northbound
- M6 crash J2–J1 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J20A–J19
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