M6 crash J8–J9 northbound
Crash on the M6 northbound at J8–J9 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 09:18. Cleared at 10:14 after 56 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 10:14 on 5 Nov 2026, after 56 min
- Location
- M6 northbound · J8–J9
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Delay ~16 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J8 and J9).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J8 and J9).
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J13–J12 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M6 crash J21–J20 southbound
- M6 crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J12
- M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J27 southbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J8 and M6 J9.
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