M6 stopped traffic J25–J24 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 14:23 on 14 Oct 2026, after 468 h 45 min.
Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J25–J24 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 01:38. Cleared at 14:23 after 468 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M6 southbound · J25–J24
Obstruction or hazard
Fri 01:38–14:23 (cleared after 468 h 45 min) · delay ~23 min · queue 10.0 mi
Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×7
At its worst: stationary traffic
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~16 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~18 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~21 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~19 min
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~24 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~13 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~15 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs: still reported after more than 12 hours, so treated as out of date
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J25 and J24).
- Queuing traffic, Lane closed
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J24 and J23).
- Slow traffic, Lane closed
- Queuing traffic
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.