M6 stopped traffic J10–J10A northbound

Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J10–J10A on Sunday 25 October 2026, from 09:58. Cleared at 18:54 after 8 h 56 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 18:54 on 25 Oct 2026, after 8 h 56 min

Location

M6 northbound · J10–J10A

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Sun 09:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Sun 10:03 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Sun 10:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Sun 10:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
5. Sun 10:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
6. Sun 10:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Sun 10:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Sun 10:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Sun 10:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
10. Sun 10:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Sun 10:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
12. Sun 10:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
13. Sun 11:10 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14. Sun 11:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
15. Sun 11:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
16. Sun 11:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
17. Sun 12:15 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
18. Sun 12:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Sun 12:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. Sun 12:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. Sun 12:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min (reported again)
22. Sun 12:34 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
23. Sun 12:34 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13)
24. Sun 12:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. Sun 12:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
26. Sun 12:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
27. Sun 12:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
28. Sun 13:10 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
29. Sun 13:15 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
30. Sun 13:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
31. Sun 14:01 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
32. Sun 14:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
33. Sun 14:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
34. Sun 14:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
35. Sun 14:10 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
36. Sun 14:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
37. Sun 14:19 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
38. Sun 14:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
39. Sun 14:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
40. Sun 15:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
41. Sun 15:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
42. Sun 15:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
43. Sun 15:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
44. Sun 15:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
45. Sun 15:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
46. Sun 15:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
47. Sun 16:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
48. Sun 16:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
49. Sun 16:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
50. Sun 16:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
51. Sun 16:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
52. Sun 17:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
53. Sun 17:18 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
54. Sun 17:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
55. Sun 17:22 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
56. Sun 17:36 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
57. Sun 17:45 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
58. Sun 17:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
59. Sun 17:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
60. Sun 18:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
61. Sun 18:54 TomTom no longer reports it
62. Sun 18:54 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J10 and J10A).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J10 and M6 J10A.

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