M6 crash J8–J9 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J8–J9 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 13:40. Cleared at 19:51 after 6 h 10 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status: Cleared 19:51 on 19 Oct 2026, after 6 h 10 min
Location: M6 northbound · J8–J9
Reported as: Collision
Lanes: 1 lane closed
At its worst: Stationary traffic · delay ~84 min
Sources: TomTom ×8 · Motorway signs ×4

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Timeline

13:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
14:03 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
14:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
14:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
14:16 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
14:21 Motorway signs: “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
14:26 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
14:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14:30 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~12)
14:35 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~31)
14:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14:43 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14:44 TomTom: delay now ~74 min (was ~52)
14:53 TomTom: delay now ~82 min (was ~58)
14:58 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15:02 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~84)
15:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~32 min
15:11 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
15:11 Motorway signs no longer show “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
15:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15:25 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
15:39 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
16:41 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
16:41 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
16:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
17:11 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
17:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17:24 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
17:47 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18:28 TomTom no longer reports it
18:28 All clear: no source reports it any more
18:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
18:42 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19:02 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
19:05 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
19:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19:28 TomTom no longer reports it
19:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
19:42 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
19:46 TomTom no longer reports it
19:46 All clear: no source reports it any more
19:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
19:51 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

Queuing traffic
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” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
Stationary traffic
Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (6 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J8 and J9).

Other recent incidents on the M6

M6 crash J21–J21A18:55 · cleared after 32 min
M6 reported crash J21A southbound18:41 · cleared after 1 h
M6 stopped traffic J22–J23 northbound18:25 · cleared after 2 h 57 min
M6 crash J22–J23 northbound14:29 · cleared after 2 h 42 min
M6 stopped traffic J4–J4A northbound12:16 · cleared after 1 h 54 min
M6 reported crash J26–J27 northbound12:09 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
M6 crash J36–J3511:25 · cleared after 32 min
M6 crash J19–J20 northbound06:52 · cleared after 4 h 34 min
M6 crash J1–J2 northbound06:39 · cleared after 1 h
M6 stopped traffic J10–J10A06:11 · cleared after 3 h 26 min

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