M6 crash J3 northbound
Live Still reported at 09:15 UK time, since 07:52 (1 h 23 min).
Crash on the M6 northbound at J3 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, from 07:52. Still reported at 09:15 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
M6 northbound · J3
Collision
since 07:52 (1 h 23 min)
TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×3 · National Highways
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 5 lanes closed
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J3).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J2 before M69 southbound access).
- M6 northbound within J3
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J2 after M69 southbound access).
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