M6 stopped traffic J11–J10A southbound
Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J11–J10A on Friday 23 October 2026, from 06:44. Cleared at 09:44 after 3 h. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 09:44 on 23 Oct 2026, after 3 h
- Location
- M6 southbound · J11–J10A
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~31 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~16)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~31)
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J11 and J10A).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J11 and J10A).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10A and J10).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 stopped traffic J5–J6
- M6 crash J25–J26 northbound
- M6 crash J6 northbound
- M6 crash J28–J29 northbound
- M6 reported crash J29 northbound
- M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M6 crash J3–J3A northbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J2 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J21 southbound
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