M6 crash J37–J38

Crash on the M6 at J37–J38 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 12:18. Cleared at 12:59 after 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:59 on 26 Oct 2026, after 41 min

Location

M6 J37–J38

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Mon 12:18 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~16 min
2. Mon 12:22 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
3. Mon 12:27 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~21)
4. Mon 12:41 TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~36)
5. Mon 12:45 TomTom: road closed
6. Mon 12:45 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~73 min (was ~48), “Stationary traffic”
7. Mon 12:54 TomTom: road closed
8. Mon 12:59 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Mon 12:59 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Closed

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• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J37 and M6 J38.

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