M6 stopped traffic J10–J9

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J10–J9 on Wednesday 7 October 2026, from 12:24. Cleared at 18:36 after 6 h 12 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:36 on 7 Oct 2026, after 6 h 12 min

Location

M6 J10–J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~12 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Wed 12:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 12:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. Wed 13:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Wed 13:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
5. Wed 13:19 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Wed 13:19 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Wed 13:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
8. Wed 13:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
9. Wed 13:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
10. Wed 13:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. Wed 14:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Wed 14:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
13. Wed 14:33 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. Wed 14:42 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. Wed 14:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. Wed 14:51 TomTom no longer reports it
17. Wed 14:51 All clear: no source reports it any more
18. Wed 15:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
19. Wed 15:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. Wed 15:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. Wed 15:56 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7), “Queuing traffic”
22. Wed 16:00 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. Wed 16:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
24. Wed 16:55 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
25. Wed 17:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
26. Wed 17:23 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
27. Wed 17:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
28. Wed 18:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
29. Wed 18:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
30. Wed 18:36 TomTom no longer reports it
31. Wed 18:36 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

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 J10 and M6 J9.

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