M6 stopped traffic J6–J7

Live Still reported at 09:06 UK time, since 05:31 (3 h 34 min).

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J6–J7 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 05:31. Still reported at 09:06 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M6 · J6–J7

   Queueing traffic

   since 05:31 (3 h 34 min) · delay ~55 min · queue 9.9 mi

   TomTom ×8

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Timeline

1. 05:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~20 min
2. 05:40 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~18)
3. 05:45 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~28)
4. 05:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. 05:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 06:03 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 06:12 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~36)
8. 06:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 06:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 06:45 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13), “Stationary traffic”
11. 06:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~16 min
12. 06:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
13. 06:49 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16)
14. 07:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 07:17 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~24), “Queuing traffic”
16. 07:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. 07:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. 07:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
19. 07:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
20. 07:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. 07:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
22. 07:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
23. 07:39 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. 07:44 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~12)
25. 07:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
26. 08:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
27. 08:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
28. 08:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
29. 08:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
30. 08:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~60 min (reported again)

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 closed J21A northbound · yesterday 21:55, cleared after 7 h 17 min
• M6 delays 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 delays J23–J22 northbound · yesterday 08:22, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound · yesterday 07:41, cleared after 2 h 59 min
• M6 crash J27–J26 southbound · yesterday 07:21, cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M6 stopped traffic J21A · Mon 06:43, cleared after 3 h 12 min
• M6 crash J19–J18 southbound · Sun 13:13, cleared after 3 h 32 min
• M6 reported crash J19–J18 southbound · Sun 13:10, cleared after 43 min
• M6 crash J27–J28 northbound · Sun 09:38, cleared after 45 min

About this page

This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.