M6 stopped traffic J19–J20 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 17:18 on 24 Sept 2026, after 1 h 41 min.
Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J19–J20 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 15:37. Cleared at 17:18 after 1 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 northbound · J19–J20
Obstruction or hazard
Thu 15:37–Thu 17:18 (cleared after 1 h 41 min) · delay ~19 min · queue 7.2 mi
TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×2
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~78 min
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~28)
- TomTom: delay now ~55 min (was ~37)
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~78 min (was ~55)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J19 and J20).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound within J19).
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M6 reported crash J32 southbound
- M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound
- M6 closed J21A northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound
- M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J16–J15
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
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