M6 stopped traffic J21A

Cleared Cleared at 18:30 on 30 Sept 2026, after 1 h 55 min.

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J21A on Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 16:35. Cleared at 18:30 after 1 h 55 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J21A

   Queueing traffic

   16:35–18:30 (cleared after 1 h 55 min) · delay ~37 min · queue 13.8 mi

   TomTom ×3

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Timeline

1. 16:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 16:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 16:45 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 16:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 16:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 16:58 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 17:03 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. 17:12 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
9. 17:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 17:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~31 min
11. 17:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~26 min
12. 18:12 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 18:17 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13)
14. 18:30 TomTom no longer reports it
15. 18:30 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southbound · 13:07, cleared after 40 min
• M6 crash J31–J30 southbound · 11:58, cleared after 1 h 19 min
• M6 crash J12–J13 northbound · 11:07, cleared after 40 min
• M6 closed J10A–J10 southbound · 05:35, cleared after 5 h 42 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southbound · yesterday 15:50, cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J16–J17 northbound · yesterday 15:23, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound · yesterday 11:12, cleared after 29 min
• M6 crash J3 northbound · yesterday 07:52, cleared after 5 h 50 min
• M6 crash J15–J16 northbound · Mon 15:06, cleared after 1 h 30 min
• M6 reported crash J15–J16 northbound · Mon 15:01, cleared after 35 min

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