M6 stopped traffic J20A

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J20A on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 13:49. Still reported at 17:39 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 13:49 (3 h 50 min)

Location

M6 · J20A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~20 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 13:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
2. 14:07 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 14:07 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 14:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
5. 15:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Lane closed

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• M6 reported crash J21 southboundyesterday 18:56 · cleared after 44 min
• M6 crash J19–J18 southboundyesterday 13:55 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7yesterday 13:21 · cleared after 6 h 1 min

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