M6 stopped traffic J5–J6

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J5–J6 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 05:28. Still reported at 07:12 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 05:28 (1 h 45 min)

Location

M6 · J5–J6

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~3 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 05:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min
2. 05:32 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
3. 05:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
4. 05:41 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
5. 05:46 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~9)
6. 06:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 06:09 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
8. 06:13 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
9. 06:27 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 06:27 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. 06:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J25–J26 northbound02:26 · cleared after 2 h 6 min
• M6 crash J6 northbound00:46 · cleared after 44 min
• M6 crash J28–J29 northboundyesterday 17:28 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 reported crash J29 northboundyesterday 17:18 · cleared after 41 min
• M6 crash J19–J18 southboundyesterday 16:39 · cleared after 2 h 50 min
• M6 crash J3–J3A northboundyesterday 16:20 · cleared after 2 h 32 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northboundyesterday 15:13 · cleared after 2 h 15 min
• M6 crash J2 northboundyesterday 15:04 · cleared after 58 min
• M6 stopped traffic J21 southboundyesterday 14:29 · cleared after 5 h
• M6 crash J21A southboundyesterday 13:13 · cleared after 1 h 45 min

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