M6 stopped traffic J16–J17

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J16–J17 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 12:08. Cleared at 13:24 after 1 h 16 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 13:24 on 28 Oct 2026, after 1 h 16 min

Location

M6 J16–J17

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~32 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Wed 12:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
2. Wed 12:23 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~16)
3. Wed 12:33 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Wed 12:33 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Wed 12:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min (reported again)
6. Wed 12:49 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Wed 12:49 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Wed 12:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
9. Wed 12:59 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Wed 13:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
11. Wed 13:09 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Wed 13:09 All clear: no source reports it any more
13. Wed 13:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
14. Wed 13:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. Wed 13:24 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Wed 13:24 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

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 J16 and M6 J17.

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