M6 stopped traffic J9–J8

Live Still reported at 09:13 UK time, since 06:23 (2 h 50 min).

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J9–J8 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 06:23. Still reported at 09:13 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J9–J8

   Queueing traffic

   since 06:23 (2 h 50 min) · delay ~26 min · queue 6.3 mi

   TomTom ×6

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Timeline

1. 06:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 06:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. 06:32 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~4)
4. 06:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
5. 07:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
6. 07:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 07:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. 07:36 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~4), “Queuing traffic”
9. 07:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 07:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
11. 07:41 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~13)
12. 07:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 07:45 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
14. 07:50 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
15. 08:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
16. 08:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. 08:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. 08:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
19. 08:31 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~22), “Stationary traffic”
20. 08:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
21. 08:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. 08:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. 09:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
24. 09:08 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~15), “Stationary traffic”

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 delays J23–J22 northbound · 08:22, still reported
• M6 crash J27–J26 southbound · 07:21, still reported
• M6 stopped traffic J21A · yesterday 06:43, cleared after 3 h 12 min
• M6 crash J19–J18 southbound · Sun 13:13, cleared after 3 h 32 min
• M6 reported crash J19–J18 southbound · Sun 13:10, cleared after 43 min
• M6 crash J27–J28 northbound · Sun 09:38, cleared after 45 min
• M6 crash J10A–J10 southbound · Sun 05:22, cleared after 3 h 31 min
• M6 crash J22–J21 · Sun 03:33, cleared after 3 h 19 min
• M6 crash J16–J17 northbound · Sat 18:06, cleared after 4 h 46 min
• M6 crash J15–J16 northbound · Sat 15:40, cleared after 51 min

About this page

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.