M6 stopped traffic J16–J15

Cleared Cleared at 08:40 on 13 Oct 2026, after 50 min.

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J16–J15 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 07:50. Cleared at 08:40 after 50 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J16–J15

   Queueing traffic

   yesterday 07:50–yesterday 08:40 (cleared after 50 min) · delay ~14 min · queue 4.7 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

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Timeline

1. yesterday 07:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
2. yesterday 08:31 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20)
3. yesterday 08:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
4. yesterday 08:40 TomTom no longer reports it
5. yesterday 08:40 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

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• M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound · 09:50, cleared after 43 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound · 05:31, cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M6 closed J21A northbound · yesterday 21:55, cleared after 7 h 17 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound · yesterday 13:02, cleared after 19 h 14 min
• M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound · yesterday 11:52, cleared after 6 h 32 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound · yesterday 08:22, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound · yesterday 07:41, cleared after 2 h 59 min
• M6 crash J27–J26 southbound · yesterday 07:21, cleared after 2 h 14 min

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