M6 crash J31–J31A northbound
Crash on the M6 northbound at J31–J31A on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 16:16. Still reported at 18:01 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 16:16 (1 h 45 min)
- Location
- M6 northbound · J31–J31A
- Reported as
- Collision
- Delay
- ~7 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Queuing traffic, Lane closed
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J31 and J31A).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 reported crash J13–J12 southbound
- M6 crash J2 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J23–J24 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southbound
- M6 crash J32–J31A southbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J8 northbound
- M6 crash J14–J15 northbound
- M6 reported crash J2–J1 southbound
- M6 reported crash J45–J44 southbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J31 and M6 J31A.
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.