M6 stopped traffic J19–J20

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J19–J20 on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 14:17. Still reported at 16:41 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 14:17 (2 h 23 min)

Location

M6 J19–J20

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~27 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~36 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 14:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
2. 14:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. 14:49 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
4. 14:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
5. 14:58 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
6. 15:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
7. 15:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
8. 15:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
9. 15:58 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~15)
10. 16:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
11. 16:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Lane closed
• Queuing traffic, Lane closed
• Queuing traffic

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• M6 crash J32 northboundyesterday 16:17 · cleared after 1 h 57 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J19 and M6 J20.

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