M6 crash J3–J3A northbound
Crash on the M6 northbound at J3–J3A on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 16:20. Cleared at 18:51 after 2 h 32 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 18:51 on 22 Oct 2026, after 2 h 32 min
- Location
- M6 northbound · J3–J3A
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~106 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs · TomTom ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~45 min
- TomTom: delay now ~69 min (was ~45)
- TomTom: delay now ~58 min (was ~106)
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~58)
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J3 and J3A).
- Slow traffic
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