M6 crash J32–J31A southbound
Cleared Cleared at 19:31 on 6 Oct 2026, after 2 h 46 min.
Crash on the M6 southbound at J32–J31A on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 16:45. Cleared at 19:31 after 2 h 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J32–J31A
Collision
16:45–19:31 (cleared after 2 h 46 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 2.4 mi
TomTom · Motorway signs ×2
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic, Lane closed
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J32 and J31A).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J32 and J31A).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 stopped traffic J20A
- M6 delays J21A
- M6 delays J6–J7 northbound
- M6 crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 crash J17–J16 southbound
- M6 reported crash J15–J14 southbound
- M6 closed J11A–J12 northbound
- M6 crash J20A southbound
- M6 crash J27–J28 northbound
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