M6 crash J6–J7

Crash on the M6 at J6–J7 on Sunday 8 November 2026, from 14:28. Cleared at 16:18 after 1 h 50 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:18 on 8 Nov 2026, after 1 h 50 min

Location

M6 J6–J7

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 14:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. 14:33 TomTom: now says collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”
3. 14:37 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
4. 14:47 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~17)
5. 15:23 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~8 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
6. 15:28 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~8), “Slow traffic”
7. 15:32 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 15:32 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. 15:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
10. 15:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. 15:50 TomTom no longer reports it
12. 15:50 All clear: no source reports it any more
13. 15:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
14. 16:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 16:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. 16:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 16:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. 16:18 TomTom no longer reports it
19. 16:18 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J15–J16 northbound17:27 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southbound03:38 · cleared after 4 h 17 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7yesterday 16:41 · cleared after 41 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundFri 20:29 · cleared after 5 h 18 min
• M6 reported crash J34–J35 northboundFri 18:37 · cleared after 39 min
• M6 stopped traffic J21–J21AFri 16:17 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J14–J15 northboundFri 14:55 · cleared after 50 min
• M6 crash J10A–J9 southboundFri 14:43 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M6 reported crash J10A–J11 northboundFri 14:31 · cleared after 43 min
• M6 crash J15–J16 northboundFri 14:30 · cleared after 4 h 50 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J6 and M6 J7.

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