M6 stopped traffic J6–J5
Cleared Cleared at 18:53 on 1 Oct 2026, after 1 h 37 min.
Stopped traffic on the M6 at J6–J5 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 17:16. Cleared at 18:53 after 1 h 37 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.
M6 · J6–J5
Queueing traffic
Thu 17:16–Thu 18:53 (cleared after 1 h 37 min) · delay ~3 min · queue 3.0 mi
TomTom
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~42 min
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~32 min (was ~17), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~42 min (was ~31)
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~37), “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~10 min (was ~18), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~10)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M6 reported crash J32 southbound
- M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound
- M6 closed J21A northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound
- M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J16–J15
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
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