M6 delays J7–J6 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 17:12 on 25 Sept 2026, after 34 h 34 min.
Long delays on the M6 southbound at J7–J6 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 06:38. Cleared at 17:12 after 34 h 34 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J7–J6
Broken-down vehicle
Thu 06:38–yesterday 17:12 (cleared after 34 h 34 min) · delay ~25 min · queue 15.7 mi
TomTom ×25 · Motorway signs ×7
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~3)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~7)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~7)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~22 min
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min
- TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~29), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~4)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~21 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~19)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Accident, Broken down vehicle”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~13)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~8)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~19), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~17)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~13)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~21)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~14 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J7 and J6).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J8 and J7).
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J8 and J7).
- Overhead signs read “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10A and J10).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J5 and J6).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 reported crash J32 southbound
- 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
- M6 crash J26–J25 southbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
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