M6 stopped traffic J21A

Cleared Cleared at 09:44 on 6 Oct 2026, after 2 h 45 min.

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J21A on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 06:59. Cleared at 09:44 after 2 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J21A

   Queueing traffic

   Tue 06:59–Tue 09:44 (cleared after 2 h 45 min) · delay ~20 min · queue 8.1 mi

   TomTom ×3

At its worst: stationary traffic

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Timeline

1. Tue 06:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
2. Tue 07:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. Tue 07:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~20 min
4. Tue 07:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~17 min
5. Tue 08:26 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
6. Tue 08:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
7. Tue 09:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Tue 09:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
9. Tue 09:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Tue 09:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
11. Tue 09:44 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Tue 09:44 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

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

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J19–J18 southbound · 13:55, cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M6 reported crash J32 southbound · 12:48, cleared after 47 min
• M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound · 09:50, cleared after 43 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound · 05:31, cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M6 closed J21A northbound · yesterday 21:55, cleared after 7 h 17 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound · yesterday 13:02, cleared after 19 h 14 min
• M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound · yesterday 11:52, cleared after 6 h 32 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound · yesterday 08:22, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M6 stopped traffic J16–J15 · yesterday 07:50, cleared after 50 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound · yesterday 07:41, cleared after 2 h 59 min

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