M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 11:11 on 13 Oct 2026, after 2 h 49 min.
Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J23–J22 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 08:22. Cleared at 11:11 after 2 h 49 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 northbound · J23–J22
Obstruction or hazard
yesterday 08:22–yesterday 11:11 (cleared after 2 h 49 min) · delay ~24 min · queue 10.2 mi
TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~57 min
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~57 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “Slow traffic, Obstruction on the road, Lane closed”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~22 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~12 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~22 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic, Obstruction on the road, Lane closed
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J25 and J26).
- Queuing traffic
- Queuing traffic, Lane closed
- Slow traffic, Lane closed
- Slow traffic
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- M6 closed J21A northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound
- M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J16–J15
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
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