M6 stopped traffic J20A

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J20A on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 14:30. Still reported at 18:26 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 14:30 (3 h 56 min)

Location

M6 J20A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~7 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 14:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min
2. 15:02 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
3. 15:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
4. 15:20 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
5. 17:01 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 17:01 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. 17:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
8. 17:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
9. 17:28 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
10. 18:23 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed

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• M6 crash J3 southbound17:11 · Live
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• M6 crash J6 northbound12:36 · Live
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound09:32 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound09:18 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundyesterday 20:58 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M6 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:42 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M6 crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:47 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M6 stopped traffic J12yesterday 13:29 · cleared after 1 h 4 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J20A.

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