M6 crash J8 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J8 on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 06:19. Cleared at 09:12 after 2 h 53 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 09:12 on 12 Nov 2026, after 2 h 53 min

Location

M6 northbound · J8

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 06:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 06:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 07:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
4. 07:18 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7)
5. 07:23 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~13), “Stationary traffic”
6. 07:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
7. 07:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~18 min
8. 08:04 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
9. 08:08 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 08:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. 08:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 08:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
13. 08:14 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
14. 08:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 08:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. 08:27 TomTom: now says collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”
17. 08:31 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
18. 08:36 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~14)
19. 08:40 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~8)
20. 08:45 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
21. 08:49 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
22. 08:51 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
23. 09:12 TomTom no longer reports it
24. 09:12 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound within J8).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J32–J31A southbound07:58 · cleared after 2 h 35 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound07:40 · cleared after 41 min
• M6 crash J14–J15 northbound05:00 · cleared after 6 h 39 min
• M6 reported crash J2–J1 southboundyesterday 21:03 · cleared after 45 min
• M6 reported crash J45–J44 southboundyesterday 17:54 · cleared after 53 min
• M6 crash J17–J16 southboundyesterday 16:38 · cleared after 2 h 46 min
• M6 crash J32 northboundyesterday 16:17 · cleared after 1 h 57 min
• M6 stopped traffic J21A–J22 northboundyesterday 14:37 · cleared after 3 h 49 min
• M6 stopped traffic J5–J6 northboundyesterday 13:15 · cleared after 5 h 48 min
• M6 reported crash J15–J16 northboundyesterday 13:10 · cleared after 36 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J8.

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