M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 21:39 on 30 Sept 2026, after 58 min.
Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J23–J22 on Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 20:40. Cleared at 21:39 after 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and National Highways.
M6 southbound · J23–J22
Lane closure
6 of 4 lanes closed · Wed 20:40–Wed 21:39 (cleared after 58 min) · delay ~3 min · queue 3.2 mi
TomTom · National Highways
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min
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Timeline
- National Highways: 6 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~23 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Incident”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- M6 southbound between J23 and J22
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M6 reported crash J32 southbound
- M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound
- M6 closed J21A northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound
- M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J16–J15
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
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