M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southbound
Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J6–J5 on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 13:34. Still reported at 15:54 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 13:34 (2 h 21 min)
- Location
- M6 southbound · J6–J5
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- Delay
- ~13 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min
- Sources
- TomTom · Motorway signs ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~8)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J6 and J5).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J6 and J5).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (1 sign; furthest along: link road from A38/A5127 to M6 J6).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 stopped traffic J9–J10
- M6 crash J32–J31A southbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J8 northbound
- M6 crash J14–J15 northbound
- M6 reported crash J2–J1 southbound
- M6 reported crash J45–J44 southbound
- M6 crash J17–J16 southbound
- M6 crash J32 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J21A–J22 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J6 and M6 J5.
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