M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northbound
Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Monday 9 November 2026, from 20:52. Still reported at 21:53 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 20:52 (1 h)
- Location
- M6 northbound · J18–J19
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- Delay
- ~6 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~32 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~32), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 stopped traffic J18–J17 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J9–J10 northbound
- M6 crash J11–J10A southbound
- M6 crash J14–J15 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J9
- M6 crash J3 southbound
- M6 reported crash J4A–J4 southbound
- M6 reported crash J15–J16 northbound
- M6 crash J6–J7
- M6 crash J15–J14 southbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J18 and M6 J19.
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