M6 crash J4A–J5

Crash on the M6 at J4A–J5 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 05:37. Cleared at 08:58 after 3 h 21 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:58 on 26 Oct 2026, after 3 h 21 min

Location

M6 J4A–J5

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~51 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Mon 05:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. Mon 05:41 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
3. Mon 05:45 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
4. Mon 05:55 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~15)
5. Mon 06:04 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~22)
6. Mon 06:40 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~22 min (was ~41), “Queuing traffic”
7. Mon 06:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. Mon 06:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Mon 07:03 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. Mon 07:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Mon 07:17 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. Mon 07:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Mon 07:35 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. Mon 07:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. Mon 07:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. Mon 07:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Mon 07:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. Mon 08:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Mon 08:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
20. Mon 08:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. Mon 08:35 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
22. Mon 08:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. Mon 08:49 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Mon 08:49 All clear: no source reports it any more
25. Mon 08:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
26. Mon 08:53 TomTom no longer reports it
27. Mon 08:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
28. Mon 08:58 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J4A and M6 J5.

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