M6 crash J31A–J31 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J31A–J31 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 16:46. Still reported at 19:00 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 16:46 (2 h 13 min)

Location

M6 southbound · J31A–J31

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Delay ~17 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. 16:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 16:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. 17:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 17:11 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
5. 17:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
6. 17:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. 17:18 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. 17:18 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 17:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 17:32 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
11. 17:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
12. 17:41 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17)
13. 17:41 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
14. 17:46 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic”
15. 17:48 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
16. 17:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 18:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. 18:18 TomTom no longer reports it
19. 18:48 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION” (reported again)
20. 18:48 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (11 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J31A and J31).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (6 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound within J32).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J32 and J33).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 stopped traffic J20–J21 northbound13:36 · Live
• M6 stopped traffic J7–J6 southbound12:03 · Live
• M6 stopped traffic J28–J27 southbound11:28 · cleared after 1 h 48 min
• M6 stopped traffic J4–J4A northbound10:50 · Live
• M6 crash J32–J33 northbound10:40 · cleared after 2 h 6 min
• M6 crash J14–J15 northbound08:51 · cleared after 54 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 southbound06:41 · cleared after 4 h 12 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8–J906:19 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J7–J6 southbound06:14 · cleared after 4 h 35 min
• M6 crash J23 northbound01:45 · cleared after 2 h 16 min

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