M6 crash J8–J7 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J8–J7 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 17:22. Cleared at 20:24 after 3 h 1 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 20:24 on 21 Oct 2026, after 3 h 1 min

Location

M6 southbound · J8–J7

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

1 lane closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~36 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×5

Timeline

1. 17:22 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
2. 17:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~30 min
3. 18:15 Motorway signs: “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
4. 18:15 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
5. 18:23 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
6. 18:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 18:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. 18:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 18:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 18:53 Motorway signs no longer show “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
11. 18:53 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
12. 18:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. 18:58 TomTom no longer reports it
14. 18:58 All clear: no source reports it any more
15. 19:12 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
16. 19:15 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
17. 19:53 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
18. 20:24 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
19. 20:24 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
• Overhead signs read “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: link road from A38(M) to M6 J6 northbound).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J4A and J5).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J8 and J7).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J3A–J4 northbound16:40 · cleared after 43 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound14:50 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J8 southbound12:46 · cleared after 5 h 17 min
• M6 reported crash J21A northbound12:01 · cleared after 51 min
• M6 crash J3 southbound11:26 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M6 crash J20 northbound11:10 · cleared after 2 h 43 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J10A06:17 · cleared after 4 h 7 min
• M6 crash J21A southbound06:17 · cleared after 13 h 5 min
• M6 crash J6–J5 southbound05:59 · cleared after 3 h 44 min
• M6 reported crash J28 northboundyesterday 23:57 · cleared after 52 min

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