M6 crash J3 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J3 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 16:54. Cleared at 18:34 after 1 h 40 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 18:34 on 30 Oct 2026, after 1 h 40 min

Location

M6 southbound · J3

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

1 of 5 lanes closed

Sources

Motorway signs ×4 · TomTom ×2 · National Highways ×4

Timeline

1. Fri 16:54 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. Fri 16:54 National Highways: 1 of 5 lanes closed
3. Fri 17:22 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
4. Fri 17:22 National Highways: 1 of 5 lanes closed
5. Fri 17:22 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
6. Fri 17:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
7. Fri 17:24 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
8. Fri 17:33 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
9. Fri 17:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
10. Fri 17:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Fri 17:39 National Highways: lane closure lifted
12. Fri 17:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. Fri 17:49 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Fri 18:03 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
15. Fri 18:03 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
16. Fri 18:25 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
17. Fri 18:33 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
18. Fri 18:34 National Highways: lane closure lifted
19. Fri 18:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (17 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound at the Corley services between M6 Toll and J3).
• M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3
• M6 southbound at the Corley services between M6 Toll and J3
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3).

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.

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