M6 stopped traffic J5–J4A

Cleared Cleared at 23:54 on 24 Sept 2026, after 48 min.

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J5–J4A on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 23:06. Cleared at 23:54 after 48 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J5–J4A

   Queueing traffic

   Thu 23:06–Thu 23:54 (cleared after 48 min) · delay ~6 min · queue 2.4 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

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Timeline

1. Thu 23:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
2. Thu 23:23 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Thu 23:23 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Thu 23:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
5. Thu 23:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
6. Thu 23:54 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Thu 23:54 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed

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• M6 reported crash J32 southbound · 12:48, cleared after 47 min
• M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound · 09:50, cleared after 43 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound · 05:31, cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M6 closed J21A northbound · yesterday 21:55, cleared after 7 h 17 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound · yesterday 13:02, cleared after 19 h 14 min
• M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound · yesterday 11:52, cleared after 6 h 32 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound · yesterday 08:22, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M6 stopped traffic J16–J15 · yesterday 07:50, cleared after 50 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound · yesterday 07:41, cleared after 2 h 59 min

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