M6 stopped traffic J21–J21A

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J21–J21A on Friday 6 November 2026, from 16:17. Cleared at 18:38 after 2 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:38 on 6 Nov 2026, after 2 h 22 min

Location

M6 J21–J21A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 16:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
2. 16:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. 16:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~7 min
4. 16:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
5. 17:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
6. 17:16 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
7. 17:21 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12)
8. 18:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~9 min
9. 18:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
10. 18:34 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
11. 18:38 TomTom no longer reports it
12. 18:38 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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

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• M6 crash J8–J10A northbound11:29 · cleared after 7 h 19 min
• M6 crash J17–J16 southboundyesterday 18:26 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M6 crash J3 southboundyesterday 17:11 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M6 stopped traffic J20Ayesterday 14:30 · cleared after 4 h 3 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J21 and M6 J21A.

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