M6 stopped traffic J16–J15 southbound

Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J16–J15 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 12:30. Cleared at 20:04 after 7 h 33 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 20:04 on 30 Oct 2026, after 7 h 33 min

Location

M6 southbound · J16–J15

Reported as

Obstruction or hazard

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×9

Timeline

1. Fri 12:30 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
2. Fri 13:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
3. Fri 13:32 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
4. Fri 13:32 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
5. Fri 13:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Fri 13:42 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~19), “Slow traffic”
7. Fri 13:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
8. Fri 13:47 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
9. Fri 13:52 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~16)
10. Fri 13:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min
11. Fri 14:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Fri 14:12 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8)
13. Fri 14:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
14. Fri 14:47 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Fri 14:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
16. Fri 15:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Fri 15:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
18. Fri 15:33 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Fri 15:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
20. Fri 15:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
21. Fri 16:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Fri 16:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. Fri 16:38 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Fri 20:04 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
25. Fri 20:04 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J16 and J15).
• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Slow 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 J15.

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