M6 stopped traffic J6–J7

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J6–J7 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 22:20. Cleared at 00:20 after 2 h 1 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 00:20 on 31 Oct 2026, after 2 h 1 min

Location

M6 J6–J7

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~57 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Fri 22:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~11 min
2. Fri 22:25 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Fri 22:25 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Fri 22:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
5. Fri 22:40 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Fri 22:40 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Fri 22:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
8. Fri 22:50 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Fri 23:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
10. Fri 23:10 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Fri 23:10 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Fri 23:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
13. Fri 23:15 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Fri 23:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~47 min (reported again)
15. Fri 23:40 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Fri 23:40 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. Fri 23:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~49 min (reported again)
18. Fri 23:50 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~49)
19. Fri 23:55 TomTom no longer reports it
20. Fri 23:55 All clear: no source reports it any more
21. Sat 00:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~25 min (reported again)
22. Sat 00:20 TomTom no longer reports it
23. Sat 00:20 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Lane closed
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J6 and M6 J7.

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