M6 crash J7–J6 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J7–J6 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 06:35. Cleared at 20:20 after 13 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 20:20 on 27 Oct 2026, after 13 h 45 min

Location

M6 southbound · J7–J6

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×14 · Motorway signs ×4

Timeline

1. Tue 06:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Tue 06:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. Tue 06:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Tue 06:57 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5)
5. Tue 07:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min
6. Tue 07:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Tue 07:34 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Tue 07:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
9. Tue 07:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~4 min
10. Tue 07:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
11. Tue 07:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
12. Tue 07:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
13. Tue 08:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
14. Tue 08:06 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
15. Tue 08:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
16. Tue 08:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
17. Tue 08:26 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
18. Tue 08:32 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
19. Tue 08:34 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
20. Tue 08:43 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Tue 08:43 All clear: no source reports it any more
22. Tue 08:43 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
23. Tue 08:43 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
24. Tue 09:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
25. Tue 09:06 TomTom no longer reports it
26. Tue 09:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
27. Tue 09:11 TomTom no longer reports it
28. Tue 10:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
29. Tue 10:47 TomTom: now says collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”
30. Tue 10:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Accident”
31. Tue 10:56 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
32. Tue 11:01 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
33. Tue 11:10 TomTom: now says collision, “Slow traffic, Accident”
34. Tue 11:14 TomTom no longer reports it
35. Tue 12:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
36. Tue 12:14 TomTom no longer reports it
37. Tue 14:27 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 6 hours, so treated as out of date
38. Tue 14:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
39. Tue 14:44 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 6 hours, so treated as out of date
40. Tue 14:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
41. Tue 14:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
42. Tue 15:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
43. Tue 15:17 TomTom no longer reports it
44. Tue 16:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
45. Tue 16:21 TomTom no longer reports it
46. Tue 17:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
47. Tue 18:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
48. Tue 18:06 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
49. Tue 18:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
50. Tue 18:34 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
51. Tue 18:48 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic”
52. Tue 18:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
53. Tue 19:06 TomTom no longer reports it
54. Tue 20:20 Motorway signs: National Highways' sign feed hasn't changed since 08:47, so this is no longer shown
55. Tue 20:20 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic
• Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J6 and J5).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J7).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
• Slow traffic, Accident
• Stationary 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 J7 and M6 J6.

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