M6 stopped traffic J10–J9

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J10–J9 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 06:19. Cleared at 09:18 after 2 h 59 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:18 on 8 Oct 2026, after 2 h 59 min

Location

M6 J10–J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Thu 06:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Thu 06:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Thu 07:00 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Thu 07:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Thu 07:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Thu 08:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
7. Thu 08:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Thu 08:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Thu 09:18 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Thu 09:18 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J3 southbound17:11 · Live
• M6 stopped traffic J20A14:30 · Live
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound12:37 · cleared after 4 h 32 min
• M6 crash J6 northbound12:36 · Live
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound09:32 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound09:18 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundyesterday 20:58 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M6 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:42 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M6 crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:47 · cleared after 1 h 59 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J10 and M6 J9.

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