M6 stopped traffic J8–J9

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J8–J9 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 06:19. Cleared at 09:22 after 3 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:22 on 20 Oct 2026, after 3 h 4 min

Location

M6 · J8–J9

Reported as

Obstruction or hazard

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~32 min

Sources

TomTom ×13

Timeline

1. 06:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 06:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
3. 07:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
4. 07:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
5. 07:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 07:27 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
7. 07:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. 07:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. 07:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 07:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
11. 07:37 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 07:41 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~5)
13. 07:41 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~4)
14. 07:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
15. 07:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. 07:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
17. 07:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
18. 07:55 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~32), “Slow traffic”
19. 07:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 07:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
21. 08:09 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10), “Slow traffic”
22. 08:13 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
23. 08:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
24. 08:18 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~9)
25. 08:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
26. 08:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
27. 08:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
28. 08:36 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
29. 08:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
30. 08:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
31. 08:45 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
32. 08:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
33. 08:54 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Heavy traffic”, delay ~1 min (reported again)
34. 08:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
35. 08:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
36. 09:22 TomTom no longer reports it
37. 09:22 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Heavy rain, Heavy traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J14–J15 northbound08:51 · cleared after 54 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 southbound06:41 · Live
• M6 stopped traffic J7–J6 southbound06:14 · Live
• M6 crash J23 northbound01:45 · cleared after 2 h 16 min
• M6 reported crash J23–J22 southbound01:45 · cleared after 58 min
• M6 crash J21–J21Ayesterday 18:55 · cleared after 32 min
• M6 reported crash J21A southboundyesterday 18:41 · cleared after 1 h
• M6 stopped traffic J22–J23 northboundyesterday 18:25 · cleared after 2 h 57 min
• M6 crash J22–J23 northboundyesterday 14:29 · cleared after 2 h 42 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 13:40 · cleared after 6 h 10 min

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