M6 stopped traffic J21–J21A

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J21–J21A on Friday 30 October 2026, from 10:45. Cleared at 13:56 after 3 h 11 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 13:56 on 30 Oct 2026, after 3 h 11 min

Location

M6 J21–J21A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Fri 10:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
2. Fri 10:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min
3. Fri 10:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
4. Fri 11:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~10 min
5. Fri 11:46 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
6. Fri 11:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
7. Fri 11:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
8. Fri 12:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
9. Fri 12:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
10. Fri 12:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
11. Fri 13:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
12. Fri 13:56 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Fri 13:56 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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

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• 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 J21 and M6 J21A.

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