M6 crash J41–J40

Cleared Cleared at 13:35 on 28 Sept 2026, after 1 h 50 min.

Crash on the M6 at J41–J40 on Monday 28 September 2026, from 11:45. Cleared at 13:35 after 1 h 50 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J41–J40

   Collision

   Mon 11:45–Mon 13:35 (cleared after 1 h 50 min) · delay ~62 min · queue 4.5 mi

   TomTom ×4

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Timeline

1. Mon 11:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~52 min
2. Mon 11:49 TomTom: collision, “Accident”
3. Mon 12:12 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~24 min
4. Mon 12:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~64 min (reported again)
5. Mon 12:21 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
6. Mon 12:26 TomTom: delay now ~85 min (was ~8)
7. Mon 12:30 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
8. Mon 12:35 TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~67)
9. Mon 13:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
10. Mon 13:35 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Mon 13:35 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Accident
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J19–J18 northbound · 07:41, still reported
• M6 crash J27–J26 southbound · 07:21, cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M6 stopped traffic J21A · yesterday 06:43, cleared after 3 h 12 min
• M6 crash J19–J18 southbound · Sun 13:13, cleared after 3 h 32 min
• M6 reported crash J19–J18 southbound · Sun 13:10, cleared after 43 min
• M6 crash J27–J28 northbound · Sun 09:38, cleared after 45 min
• M6 crash J10A–J10 southbound · Sun 05:22, cleared after 3 h 31 min
• M6 crash J22–J21 · Sun 03:33, cleared after 3 h 19 min
• M6 crash J16–J17 northbound · Sat 18:06, cleared after 4 h 46 min
• M6 crash J15–J16 northbound · Sat 15:40, cleared after 51 min

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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.