M6 crash J41–J40

Crash on the M6 at J41–J40 on Monday 28 September 2026, from 11:45. Cleared at 13:35 after 1 h 50 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 13:35 on 28 Sept 2026, after 1 h 50 min

Location

M6 J41–J40

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~85 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Mon 11:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~52 min
2. Mon 11:49 TomTom: collision, “Accident”
3. Mon 12:12 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~24 min
4. Mon 12:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~64 min (reported again)
5. Mon 12:21 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
6. Mon 12:26 TomTom: delay now ~85 min (was ~8)
7. Mon 12:30 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
8. Mon 12:35 TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~67)
9. Mon 13:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
10. Mon 13:35 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Mon 13:35 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Accident
• Queuing traffic

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• M6 crash J32–J31A southbound07:58 · cleared after 2 h 35 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound07:40 · cleared after 41 min
• M6 crash J8 northbound06:19 · cleared after 2 h 53 min
• M6 crash J14–J15 northbound05:00 · cleared after 6 h 39 min
• M6 reported crash J2–J1 southboundyesterday 21:03 · cleared after 45 min
• M6 reported crash J45–J44 southboundyesterday 17:54 · cleared after 53 min
• M6 crash J17–J16 southboundyesterday 16:38 · cleared after 2 h 46 min
• M6 crash J32 northboundyesterday 16:17 · cleared after 1 h 57 min
• M6 stopped traffic J21A–J22 northboundyesterday 14:37 · cleared after 3 h 49 min
• M6 stopped traffic J5–J6 northboundyesterday 13:15 · cleared after 5 h 48 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J41 and M6 J40.

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