M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northbound

Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Sunday 1 November 2026, from 16:02. Cleared at 17:33 after 1 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 17:33 on 1 Nov 2026, after 1 h 31 min

Location

M6 northbound · J18–J19

Reported as

Lane closure

Lanes

1 of 3 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×7 · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. Sun 16:02 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
2. Sun 16:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Narrow lanes”, delay ~8 min
3. Sun 16:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Narrow lanes”
4. Sun 16:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Sun 16:32 National Highways: lane closure lifted
6. Sun 16:33 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Sun 16:33 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Sun 16:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
9. Sun 16:47 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. Sun 16:52 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Sun 16:52 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Sun 17:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
13. Sun 17:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
14. Sun 17:23 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~9)
15. Sun 17:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min
16. Sun 17:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
17. Sun 17:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
18. Sun 17:33 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Sun 17:33 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• M6 northbound between J18 and J19
• 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 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min
• M6 delays J19Sun 13:25 · cleared after 1 h 41 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J18 and M6 J19.

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