M6 stopped traffic J6–J7

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J6–J7 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 13:21. Still reported at 18:47 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 13:21 (5 h 25 min)

Location

M6 · J6–J7

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~18 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

Sources

TomTom ×9

Timeline

1. 13:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~16 min
2. 13:26 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 13:30 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
4. 14:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
5. 14:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 14:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. 14:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. 15:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
9. 15:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
10. 16:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 16:42 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 16:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 16:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. 16:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 17:01 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. 17:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
17. 17:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. 17:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min
19. 17:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
20. 17:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~15 min (reported again)
21. 17:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. 17:24 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. 17:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~21 min
24. 17:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~13 min
25. 17:33 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
26. 17:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. 18:00 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
28. 18:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
29. 18:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
30. 18:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. 18:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J19–J18 southbound13:55 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M6 reported crash J32 southbound12:48 · cleared after 47 min
• M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound09:50 · cleared after 43 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound05:31 · cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M6 closed J21A northboundyesterday 21:55 · cleared after 7 h 17 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8 southboundyesterday 13:02 · cleared after 19 h 14 min
• M6 crash J3A–J4 northboundyesterday 11:52 · cleared after 6 h 32 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northboundyesterday 08:22 · cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M6 stopped traffic J16–J15yesterday 07:50 · cleared after 50 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northboundyesterday 07:41 · cleared after 2 h 59 min

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