M6 delays J11–J10A southbound
Cleared Cleared at 15:01 on 27 Sept 2026, after 2 h 8 min.
Long delays on the M6 southbound at J11–J10A on Sunday 27 September 2026, from 12:53. Cleared at 15:01 after 2 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J11–J10A
Obstruction or hazard
12:53–15:01 (cleared after 2 h 8 min) · delay ~48 min · queue 3.9 mi
TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF FIRE”
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, delay now ~48 min (was ~26), “traffic, Vehicle fire”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire”, delay ~103 min
- TomTom: delay now ~72 min (was ~103)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~58)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF FIRE”
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~40)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF FIRE” (7 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J11 and J10A).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J11 and J10A).
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- M6 crash J32 northbound
- M6 crash J3–J2 southbound
- M6 crash J21A southbound
- M6 reported crash J20 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J20–J21 northbound
- M6 crash J2–J1 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J20A–J19
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.