M6 stopped traffic J7–J6 southbound

Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J7–J6 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 09:49. Still reported at 12:08 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status: Live since 09:49 (2 h 19 min)
Location: M6 southbound · J7–J6
Reported as: Broken-down vehicle
Delay: ~13 min
At its worst: Stationary traffic · delay ~76 min
Sources: TomTom ×6 · Motorway signs

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Timeline

09:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
10:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10:25 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11:05 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
11:16 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
11:20 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~15)
11:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:25 TomTom: delay now ~76 min (was ~26)
11:25 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11:30 TomTom: delay now ~51 min (was ~76)
11:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:34 TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~51)
11:39 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
11:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
11:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~14 min
11:48 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~24), “Slow traffic”
11:48 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~3)
11:52 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~4)
12:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
12:03 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
12:06 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Heavy traffic”, delay ~2 min (reported again)

Source reports

Heavy rain, Heavy traffic
Slow traffic
Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J7 and J6).

Other recent incidents on the M6

M6 stopped traffic J11–J10A southbound06:44 · cleared after 3 h
M6 stopped traffic J5–J605:28 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
M6 crash J25–J26 northbound02:26 · cleared after 2 h 6 min
M6 crash J6 northbound00:46 · cleared after 44 min
M6 crash J28–J29 northboundyesterday 17:28 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
M6 reported crash J29 northboundyesterday 17:18 · cleared after 41 min
M6 crash J19–J18 southboundyesterday 16:39 · cleared after 2 h 50 min
M6 crash J3–J3A northboundyesterday 16:20 · cleared after 2 h 32 min
M6 crash J18–J19 northboundyesterday 15:13 · cleared after 2 h 15 min
M6 crash J2 northboundyesterday 15:04 · cleared after 58 min

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