M6 crash J4 southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J4 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 05:53. Cleared at 09:44 after 3 h 52 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 09:44 on 2 Nov 2026, after 3 h 52 min
- Location
- M6 southbound · J4
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Delay ~17 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×4
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~3)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~9)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~17)
- TomTom: “traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (11 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J5 and J6).
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 J6 southbound exit).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 reported crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 southbound
- M6 crash J23–J22 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J9–J10
- M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southbound
- M6 crash J15–J14 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J13–J14 northbound
- M6 delays J19
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J4.
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