M6 crash J3–J3A northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J3–J3A on Saturday 24 October 2026, from 12:15. Cleared at 13:43 after 1 h 28 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 13:43 on 24 Oct 2026, after 1 h 28 min

Location

M6 northbound · J3–J3A

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Delay ~10 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×2 · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. Sat 12:15 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
2. Sat 12:59 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
3. Sat 12:59 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
4. Sat 13:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
5. Sat 13:09 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
6. Sat 13:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Sat 13:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Sat 13:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
9. Sat 13:35 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Sat 13:39 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
11. Sat 13:39 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Sat 13:43 National Highways: lane closure lifted

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (20 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J3 and J3A).
• Slow traffic
• M6 northbound between J3 and J3A

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J3 and M6 J3A.

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