M6 stopped traffic J1–J2 northbound

Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J1–J2 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 07:22. Cleared at 21:49 after 278 h 27 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 21:49 on 4 Oct 2026, after 278 h 27 min

Location

M6 northbound · J1–J2

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Wed 07:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. Wed 07:54 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
3. Wed 08:02 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
4. Wed 08:21 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
5. Wed 08:35 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
6. Wed 08:54 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
7. Wed 09:03 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Wed 09:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Sun 20:48 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
10. Sun 21:49 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11. Sun 21:49 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J1 and J2).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J16 southboundyesterday 19:23 · cleared after 48 min
• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 18:53 · cleared after 1 h 18 min
• M6 closed J5–J4A southboundyesterday 16:23 · cleared after 1 h 22 min
• M6 crash J8 southboundyesterday 13:38 · cleared after 5 h 30 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southboundyesterday 08:05 · cleared after 3 h 34 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:51 · cleared after 3 h 12 min
• M6 crash J12 northboundyesterday 06:51 · cleared after 47 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10A–J10 southboundyesterday 06:24 · cleared after 3 h 14 min
• M6 crash J19–J18 southboundMon 20:52 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J17 southboundMon 15:39 · cleared after 3 h 6 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J1 and M6 J2.

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