M6 crash J3–J2 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J3–J2 on Saturday 26 September 2026, from 06:47. Cleared at 08:27 after 1 h 40 min. Timeline of reports from National Highways and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:27 on 26 Sept 2026, after 1 h 40 min

Location

M6 southbound · J3–J2

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

National Highways ×2 · TomTom

Timeline

1. Sat 06:47 National Highways: road closed
2. Sat 07:38 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~19 min
3. Sat 07:48 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Sat 08:00 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~21 min (reported again)
5. Sat 08:05 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Sat 08:09 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
7. Sat 08:14 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Sat 08:27 National Highways: road reopened
9. Sat 08:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• M6 southbound within J2
• Stationary traffic, Incident

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 J3 and M6 J2.

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