M6 crash J7 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J7 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 09:49. Still reported at 15:32 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status: Live since 09:49 (5 h 42 min)
Location: M6 northbound · J7
Reported as: Collision
Delay: ~26 min
At its worst: Stationary traffic · delay ~76 min
Sources: TomTom ×9 · Motorway signs ×4

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Timeline

09:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
10:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10:25 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11:05 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
11:16 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
11:20 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~15)
11:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:25 TomTom: delay now ~76 min (was ~26)
11:25 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11:30 TomTom: delay now ~51 min (was ~76)
11:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:34 TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~51)
11:39 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
11:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
11:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~14 min
11:48 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~24), “Slow traffic”
11:48 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~3)
11:52 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~4)
12:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
12:03 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
12:06 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Heavy traffic”, delay ~2 min (reported again)
12:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13:06 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Heavy traffic”, delay ~1 min
13:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
13:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
13:18 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
13:19 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
14:26 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14:33 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14:42 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~20), “Stationary traffic”
14:48 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
14:51 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~33), “Queuing traffic”
15:04 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
15:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

Heavy rain, Heavy traffic
Slow traffic
Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J7 and J6).
Queuing traffic
Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J7 and J6).
Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10A and J10).
Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (7 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J7).

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