M6 stopped traffic J26–J25 southbound

Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J26–J25 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 11:30. Cleared at 08:37 after 21 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 08:37 on 31 Oct 2026, after 21 h 6 min

Location

M6 southbound · J26–J25

Reported as

Obstruction or hazard

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×4

Timeline

1. Fri 11:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Fri 11:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Fri 11:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Fri 11:44 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
5. Fri 11:46 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Fri 11:46 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Fri 11:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
8. Fri 12:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
9. Fri 12:05 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~15)
10. Fri 12:16 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~24), “Queuing traffic”
11. Fri 12:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Fri 12:21 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
13. Fri 12:32 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
14. Fri 12:41 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Fri 12:41 All clear: no source reports it any more
16. Fri 12:50 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
17. Fri 13:22 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
18. Fri 13:32 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
19. Fri 14:02 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (reported again)
20. Fri 14:02 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
21. Fri 14:32 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (reported again)
22. Fri 14:32 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
23. Fri 15:02 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (reported again)
24. Fri 15:02 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
25. Fri 16:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
26. Fri 16:52 TomTom no longer reports it
27. Fri 16:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
28. Fri 17:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
29. Fri 17:17 TomTom no longer reports it
30. Fri 17:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
31. Fri 17:33 TomTom no longer reports it
32. Sat 03:36 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (reported again)
33. Sat 03:36 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
34. Sat 07:59 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
35. Sat 08:07 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
36. Sat 08:37 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
37. Sat 08:37 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J26 and J27).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J26 and J25).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (6 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound within J22).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound within J22).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J26 and M6 J25.

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