M6 crash J31–J30 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 13:17 on 30 Sept 2026, after 1 h 19 min.
Crash on the M6 southbound at J31–J30 on Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 11:58. Cleared at 13:17 after 1 h 19 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J31–J30
Collision
11:58–13:17 (cleared after 1 h 19 min) · delay ~16 min · queue 4.5 mi
TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~14 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J31 and J30).
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M6
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- M6 crash J12–J13 northbound
- M6 closed J10A–J10 southbound
- M6 crash J21–J20 southbound
- M6 crash J16–J17 northbound
- M6 crash J13–J12 southbound
- M6 crash J3 northbound
- M6 crash J15–J16 northbound
- M6 reported crash J15–J16 northbound
- M6 crash J21–J20 southbound
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