M6 crash J45–J44 southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J45–J44 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 18:05. Still reported at 23:40 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Live since 18:05 (5 h 35 min)
- Location
- M6 southbound · J45–J44
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- At its worst
- Road closed · stationary traffic · delay ~113 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~88 min
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “Closed, Vehicle fire”
- Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~49 min
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire”
- TomTom no longer reports it
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J45 and J44).
- Closed, Vehicle fire
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J45 and J44).
- Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 stopped traffic J6–J7
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- M6 crash J1–J2 northbound
- M6 crash J12–J13 northbound
- M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M6 crash J25–J26 northbound
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- M6 crash J7 northbound
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.