M6 crash J8–J10A northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J8–J10A on Friday 6 November 2026, from 11:29. Still reported at 16:55 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 11:29 (5 h 26 min)

Location

M6 northbound · J8–J10A

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~17 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~95 min

Sources

TomTom ×12 · Motorway signs ×4

Timeline

1. 11:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 11:33 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 11:33 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 11:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
5. 11:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 11:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
7. 12:01 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. 12:06 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
9. 12:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 12:28 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. 12:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 12:42 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 12:44 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14. 12:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 12:56 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. 13:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 13:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
18. 13:14 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic”
19. 13:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
20. 13:19 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5)
21. 13:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
22. 13:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. 13:32 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. 13:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. 13:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
26. 14:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. 14:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
28. 14:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
29. 14:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
30. 14:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. 14:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
32. 14:41 Motorway signs: “M6 J8-J10A COLLISION M6 TOLL CLEAR”
33. 14:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
34. 14:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
35. 14:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~18 min
36. 14:57 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF FIRE”
37. 15:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
38. 15:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
39. 15:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
40. 15:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
41. 15:22 TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~21)
42. 15:25 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
43. 15:27 TomTom: collision, “Slow traffic, Incident”, delay ~10 min
44. 15:27 TomTom: delay now ~54 min (was ~37)
45. 15:31 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
46. 15:31 TomTom: delay now ~76 min (was ~54)
47. 15:36 TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~22)
48. 15:41 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~50 min (reported again)
49. 15:45 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF FIRE”
50. 15:45 Motorway signs no longer show “M6 J8-J10A COLLISION M6 TOLL CLEAR”
51. 15:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~76 min
52. 15:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~79 min (reported again)
53. 15:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~54 min
54. 15:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~39 min
55. 15:59 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~54)
56. 16:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
57. 16:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
58. 16:08 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~3)
59. 16:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
60. 16:15 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
61. 16:17 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
62. 16:22 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5)
63. 16:35 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~10)
64. 16:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
65. 16:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
66. 16:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
67. 16:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J10 and J10A).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF FIRE” (7 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound within J7).
• Overhead signs read “M6 J8-J10A COLLISION M6 TOLL CLEAR” (2 signs; e.g. M6 northbound between J3 and J3A). Marker placed near M6 J8–J10A using the signs there, so it is approximate.
• Stationary traffic, Incident
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: link road from A38(M) to M6 J6).
• Stationary traffic

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Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J8 and M6 J10A.

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