M6 delays J21A

Cleared Cleared at 09:44 on 6 Oct 2026, after 2 h 45 min.

Long delays on the M6 at J21A on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 06:59. Cleared at 09:44 after 2 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J21A

   Queueing traffic

   06:59–09:44 (cleared after 2 h 45 min) · delay ~20 min · queue 8.1 mi

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Timeline

1. 06:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
2. 07:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. 07:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~20 min
4. 07:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~17 min
5. 08:26 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
6. 08:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
7. 09:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 09:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
9. 09:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 09:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
11. 09:44 TomTom no longer reports it
12. 09:44 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed
• Slow traffic, Lane closed

Other recent incidents on the M6

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• M6 crash J17–J16 southbound · yesterday 22:18, cleared after 4 h 38 min
• M6 reported crash J15–J14 southbound · yesterday 22:13, cleared after 43 min
• M6 closed J11A–J12 northbound · yesterday 21:05, cleared after 8 h 34 min
• M6 crash J20A southbound · yesterday 14:23, cleared after 12 h 4 min
• M6 crash J27–J28 northbound · yesterday 07:50, cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M6 crash J22–J23 northbound · Sun 19:05, cleared after 1 h 43 min
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound · Sun 15:53, cleared after 1 h 55 min

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