M6 stopped traffic J20

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J20 on Sunday 25 October 2026, from 11:43. Cleared at 13:37 after 1 h 54 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 13:37 on 25 Oct 2026, after 1 h 54 min

Location

M6 J20

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Sun 11:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
2. Sun 11:47 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Sun 11:47 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Sun 12:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~14 min
5. Sun 12:42 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~22)
6. Sun 12:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
7. Sun 13:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~9 min
8. Sun 13:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
9. Sun 13:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
10. Sun 13:37 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Sun 13:37 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed
• Slow traffic, Lane closed

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• 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 J20.

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