M6 crash J3 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J3 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 17:11. Still reported at 19:03 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.

Status

Live since 17:11 (1 h 52 min)

Location

M6 southbound · J3

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

1 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Delay ~7 min

Sources

TomTom · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×3

Timeline

1. 17:11 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. 17:11 National Highways: 1 of 5 lanes closed
3. 17:11 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
4. 17:23 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
5. 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
6. 18:02 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 18:09 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J3 and J3A).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3).
• M6 northbound at the Corley services between J3 and J3A
• M6 northbound between J3 and J3A
• M6 southbound between M6 Toll and J3

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J17–J16 southbound18:26 · Live
• M6 stopped traffic J20A14:30 · cleared after 4 h 3 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound12:37 · cleared after 4 h 32 min
• M6 crash J6 northbound12:36 · Live
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound09:32 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound09:18 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundyesterday 20:58 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M6 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:42 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M6 crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:47 · cleared after 1 h 59 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J3.

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