M6 crash J6–J7 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J6–J7 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 10:46. Cleared at 19:39 after 8 h 53 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:39 on 30 Oct 2026, after 8 h 53 min

Location

M6 northbound · J6–J7

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×11 · Motorway signs ×7

Timeline

1. Fri 10:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
2. Fri 10:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
3. Fri 11:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Fri 11:11 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
5. Fri 11:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
6. Fri 11:20 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
7. Fri 11:25 Motorway signs: “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW”
8. Fri 11:36 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Fri 11:41 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
10. Fri 11:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
11. Fri 11:51 TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~25)
12. Fri 11:51 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)
13. Fri 11:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. Fri 11:56 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~18)
15. Fri 12:01 Motorway signs no longer show “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW”
16. Fri 12:01 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
17. Fri 12:01 Motorway signs no longer show “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW”
18. Fri 12:06 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~34)
19. Fri 12:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
20. Fri 12:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
21. Fri 12:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~48 min
22. Fri 12:17 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~3), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
23. Fri 12:32 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
24. Fri 12:36 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
25. Fri 12:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
26. Fri 13:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
27. Fri 13:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
28. Fri 13:07 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~13)
29. Fri 14:02 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
30. Fri 14:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
31. Fri 14:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
32. Fri 14:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~18 min (reported again)
33. Fri 14:55 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
34. Fri 14:57 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
35. Fri 15:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~18 min (reported again)
36. Fri 15:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
37. Fri 15:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
38. Fri 15:32 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
39. Fri 15:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
40. Fri 15:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
41. Fri 16:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
42. Fri 16:18 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
43. Fri 16:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min
44. Fri 16:33 Motorway signs: “M6 J6-J7 COLLISION M6 TOLL CLEAR”
45. Fri 16:33 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
46. Fri 16:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~24 min (reported again)
47. Fri 16:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
48. Fri 16:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
49. Fri 16:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
50. Fri 17:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
51. Fri 17:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
52. Fri 17:23 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~20), “Slow traffic”
53. Fri 17:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
54. Fri 17:38 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
55. Fri 17:43 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10)
56. Fri 17:48 TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “Obstruction on the road, Lane closed”
57. Fri 17:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
58. Fri 18:08 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
59. Fri 18:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
60. Fri 18:13 TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “Obstruction on the road, Lane closed”
61. Fri 18:19 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
62. Fri 18:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
63. Fri 18:29 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
64. Fri 18:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
65. Fri 18:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
66. Fri 19:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
67. Fri 19:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
68. Fri 19:33 Motorway signs no longer show “M6 J6-J7 COLLISION M6 TOLL CLEAR”
69. Fri 19:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
70. Fri 19:34 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
71. Fri 19:39 TomTom no longer reports it
72. Fri 19:39 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10A and J10).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (11 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J10A and J11).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (6 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound within J11).
• Overhead signs read “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J10 and J10A).
• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (6 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J9 and J10).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J5 and J6).
• Overhead signs read “M6 J6-J7 COLLISION M6 TOLL CLEAR” (2 signs; e.g. M6 northbound between J3 and J3A). Marker placed near M6 J6–J7 using the signs there, so it is approximate.

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 J6 and M6 J7.

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