M6 stopped traffic J1–J2 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 09:03 on 23 Sept 2026, after 1 h 42 min.
Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J1–J2 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 07:22. Cleared at 09:03 after 1 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 northbound · J1–J2
Broken-down vehicle
Wed 07:22–Wed 09:03 (cleared after 1 h 42 min) · delay ~42 min · queue 2.2 mi
TomTom · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J1 and J2).
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- M6 crash J32 northbound
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- 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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