M6 stopped traffic J21

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J21 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 04:57. Cleared at 05:43 after 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 05:43 on 19 Oct 2026, after 46 min

Location

M6 · J21

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 04:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
2. 05:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~13 min
3. 05:20 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~12)
4. 05:29 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~23)
5. 05:34 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 05:34 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. 05:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
8. 05:43 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 stopped traffic J25–J26 northbound06:02 · Live
• M6 closed J24–J23 southboundyesterday 22:59 · cleared after 2 h 16 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 21:57 · Live
• M6 crash J9yesterday 19:16 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M6 crash J39–J40 northboundyesterday 12:12 · cleared after 52 min
• M6 crash J2–J3 northboundyesterday 11:40 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSat 22:48 · cleared after 2 h 13 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundSat 19:02 · cleared after 1 h 33 min
• M6 crash J8 northboundSat 15:50 · cleared after 1 h 38 min
• M6 reported crash J18–J19 northboundSat 12:41 · cleared after 47 min

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