M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northbound

Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 07:30. Cleared at 14:38 after 7 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, National Highways and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 14:38 on 27 Oct 2026, after 7 h 8 min

Location

M6 northbound · J18–J19

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

Lanes

1 of 3 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

Sources

Motorway signs · National Highways ×5 · TomTom

Timeline

1. Tue 07:30 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. Tue 07:47 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
3. Tue 08:27 National Highways: lane closure lifted
4. Tue 08:43 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
5. Tue 09:23 National Highways: lane closure lifted
6. Tue 10:52 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
7. Tue 11:35 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
8. Tue 12:30 National Highways: lane closure lifted
9. Tue 13:30 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 6 hours, so treated as out of date
10. Tue 13:30 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. Tue 13:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min
12. Tue 14:01 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
13. Tue 14:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. Tue 14:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Tue 14:36 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Tue 14:38 National Highways: lane closure lifted
17. Tue 14:38 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
• M6 northbound between J18 and J19
• 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 J18 and M6 J19.

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