M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 18:56 on 11 Oct 2026, after 369 h 24 min.
Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J10–J9 on Saturday 26 September 2026, from 09:32. Cleared at 18:56 after 369 h 24 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J10–J9
Broken-down vehicle
Sat 09:32–Sun 18:56 (cleared after 369 h 24 min) · delay ~18 min · queue 7.3 mi
TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×2
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5)
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~5)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Slow traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Broken down vehicle”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10 and J9).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J8 and J9).
- Slow traffic, Broken down vehicle
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- M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound
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