M6 crash J8 southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J8 on Tuesday 10 November 2026, from 13:38. Cleared at 19:08 after 5 h 30 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 19:08 on 10 Nov 2026, after 5 h 30 min
- Location
- M6 southbound · J8
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~158 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×11 · TomTom ×22
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~3)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~11)
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Incident”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~63 min (was ~40)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~63)
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~27)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~4)
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~19), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~41 min
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~75 min (was ~41)
- TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~29 min
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~75 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~28 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “M6 J7-4 ACCIDENT LONG DELAYS”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~138 min (was ~68), “traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~19), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~13 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “M6 J7-4 ACCIDENT LONG DELAYS”
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~4)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~49 min (was ~30)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~65 min (was ~110)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~38 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~30), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~29), “Queuing traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~4)
- TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~4)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J8 and J9).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound within J8).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J6 and J5).
- Queuing traffic, Incident
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (10 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J6 and J5).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J7 and J8).
- Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (14 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10A and J10).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 northbound between J1 and M6).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (8 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J7 and J6).
- Signs on the M5 northbound read “M6 J7-4 ACCIDENT LONG DELAYS” (2 signs; e.g. M5 northbound between J6 and J5). Marker placed near M6 J7–J4 using the signs there, so it is approximate.
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M5 northbound between J1 and M6).
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Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J8.
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