M6 crash J6 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J6 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 12:36. Still reported at 17:23 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 12:36 (4 h 47 min)

Location

M6 northbound · J6

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~42 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~50 min

Sources

TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs ×4

Timeline

1. 12:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 12:41 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 12:41 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 13:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. 13:08 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. 13:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 13:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
8. 13:22 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. 13:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 13:30 Motorway signs: “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
11. 13:35 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. 13:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
13. 13:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 13:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
15. 13:58 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. 14:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 14:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. 14:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. 14:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 14:53 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
21. 15:02 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
22. 15:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. 15:08 Motorway signs no longer show “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
24. 15:16 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
25. 15:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
26. 15:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. 15:35 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15), “Stationary traffic”
28. 15:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
29. 15:39 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
30. 15:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
31. 15:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
32. 15:56 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
33. 15:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
34. 16:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
35. 16:07 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~26)
36. 16:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
37. 16:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
38. 16:16 TomTom: delay now ~50 min (was ~36)
39. 16:16 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
40. 16:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
41. 16:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
42. 16:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
43. 16:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
44. 16:39 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
45. 16:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
46. 16:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
47. 16:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
48. 16:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
49. 16:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
50. 17:02 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
51. 17:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min
52. 17:09 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
53. 17:11 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
54. 17:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
55. 17:15 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~21), “Slow traffic”
56. 17:15 TomTom: delay now ~50 min (was ~28)
57. 17:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
58. 17:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound within J10).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J6 and J5).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: link road from M5 northbound to M6 J8 northbound).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: link road from A38/A5127 to M6 J6).
• Stationary traffic, Accident

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• M6 stopped traffic J20A–J1914:30 · Live
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound12:37 · cleared after 4 h 32 min
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound09:32 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound09:18 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundyesterday 20:58 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M6 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:42 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M6 crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:47 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M6 stopped traffic J12yesterday 13:29 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southboundyesterday 12:06 · cleared after 7 h 58 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J6.

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