M6 crash J5–J4A southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J5–J4A on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 13:03. Still reported at 14:15 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 13:03 (1 h 12 min)
- Location
- M6 southbound · J5–J4A
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- Delay
- ~13 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~48 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Accident, Lane closed”
- TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~30)
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic, Lane closed
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J5 and J4A).
- Queuing traffic
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