M6 crash J3 southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J3 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 07:22. Still reported at 08:56 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Live since 07:22 (1 h 34 min)
- Location
- M6 southbound · J3
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 1 of 5 lanes closed
- Delay
- ~21 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~44 min
- Sources
- TomTom · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 5 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~26)
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~35)
Source reports
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound within J3).
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3).
- M6 southbound within J3
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J33–J32 southbound
- M6 crash J21A northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J3–J3A northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J10–J10A
- M6 crash J16 southbound
- M6 reported crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 closed J5–J4A southbound
- M6 crash J8 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 southbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J3.
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