M6 stopped traffic J3–J2 southbound

Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J3–J2 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 06:59. Cleared at 08:42 after 1 h 43 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 08:42 on 28 Oct 2026, after 1 h 43 min

Location

M6 southbound · J3–J2

Reported as

Lane closure

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~55 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · National Highways

Timeline

1. Wed 06:59 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
2. Wed 07:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
3. Wed 07:10 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12)
4. Wed 07:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Wed 07:20 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~13), “Stationary traffic”
6. Wed 07:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
7. Wed 07:40 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~34)
8. Wed 08:05 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Wed 08:21 National Highways: lane closure lifted
10. Wed 08:31 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~36)
11. Wed 08:36 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~18), “Slow traffic”
12. Wed 08:42 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Wed 08:42 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• M6 southbound between J3 and J2

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 J3 and M6 J2.

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