M6 stopped traffic J2–J3

Cleared Cleared at 19:55 on 7 Oct 2026, after 1 h 4 min.

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J2–J3 on Wednesday 7 October 2026, from 18:51. Cleared at 19:55 after 1 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J2–J3

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 18:51–Wed 19:55 (cleared after 1 h 4 min) · delay ~19 min · queue 3.2 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~54 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 18:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. Wed 18:55 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7)
3. Wed 18:59 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~43 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
4. Wed 19:09 TomTom: delay now ~54 min (was ~31)
5. Wed 19:13 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~21 min (was ~54), “Stationary traffic”
6. Wed 19:18 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~21)
7. Wed 19:22 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~31)
8. Wed 19:36 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~35)
9. Wed 19:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~35 min
10. Wed 19:45 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~35)
11. Wed 19:50 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~16), “Slow traffic”
12. Wed 19:55 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Wed 19:55 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

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• M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound · 09:50, cleared after 43 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound · 05:31, cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M6 closed J21A northbound · yesterday 21:55, cleared after 7 h 17 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound · yesterday 13:02, cleared after 19 h 14 min
• M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound · yesterday 11:52, cleared after 6 h 32 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound · yesterday 08:22, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M6 stopped traffic J16–J15 · yesterday 07:50, cleared after 50 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound · yesterday 07:41, cleared after 2 h 59 min

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