M6 stopped traffic J20A

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J20A on Wednesday 7 October 2026, from 14:46. Cleared at 18:27 after 3 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:27 on 7 Oct 2026, after 3 h 41 min

Location

M6 J20A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~14 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Wed 14:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 14:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. Wed 14:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
4. Wed 15:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
5. Wed 15:18 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Wed 15:18 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Wed 15:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
8. Wed 15:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
9. Wed 15:41 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9)
10. Wed 15:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
11. Wed 16:00 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
12. Wed 16:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
13. Wed 16:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
14. Wed 18:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
15. Wed 18:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
16. Wed 18:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
17. Wed 18:27 TomTom no longer reports it
18. Wed 18:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed

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 J20A.

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