M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northbound

Cleared Cleared at 10:07 on 6 Oct 2026, after 9 h 39 min.

Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J6–J7 on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 00:28. Cleared at 10:07 after 9 h 39 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

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   M6 northbound · J6–J7

   Obstruction or hazard

   Tue 00:28–Tue 10:07 (cleared after 9 h 39 min) · delay ~23 min · queue 11.8 mi

   TomTom ×12 · Motorway signs ×4

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~32 min

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Timeline

1. Tue 00:28 Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
2. Tue 00:39 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF FIRE”
3. Tue 00:49 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Vehicle fire”
4. Tue 00:53 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Vehicle fire”
5. Tue 00:58 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Tue 00:58 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Tue 04:18 Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
8. Tue 04:51 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Tue 05:27 Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
10. Tue 05:27 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF FIRE”
11. Tue 05:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
12. Tue 05:46 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Tue 05:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min (reported again)
14. Tue 06:00 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~20)
15. Tue 06:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
16. Tue 06:14 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
17. Tue 06:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
18. Tue 06:50 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~17)
19. Tue 07:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
20. Tue 07:04 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~15)
21. Tue 07:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
22. Tue 07:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. Tue 07:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
24. Tue 07:22 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~23)
25. Tue 07:32 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~7)
26. Tue 07:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. Tue 07:50 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
28. Tue 07:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
29. Tue 07:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
30. Tue 07:54 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~29)
31. Tue 07:55 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
32. Tue 07:58 Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
33. Tue 07:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
34. Tue 07:59 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
35. Tue 07:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
36. Tue 08:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
37. Tue 08:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
38. Tue 08:08 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~10)
39. Tue 08:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
40. Tue 08:31 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
41. Tue 08:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
42. Tue 08:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
43. Tue 08:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
44. Tue 08:58 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
45. Tue 08:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
46. Tue 08:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
47. Tue 09:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
48. Tue 09:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
49. Tue 09:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
50. Tue 09:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
51. Tue 09:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
52. Tue 10:07 TomTom no longer reports it
53. Tue 10:07 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Vehicle fire
• Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (6 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF FIRE” (1 sign; furthest along: link road from A38(M) to M6 J6).
• Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (12 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10A and J10).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J19–J18 southbound · 13:55, cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M6 reported crash J32 southbound · 12:48, cleared after 47 min
• M6 reported crash J19–J20 northbound · 09:50, cleared after 43 min
• M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound · 05:31, cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M6 closed J21A northbound · yesterday 21:55, cleared after 7 h 17 min
• M6 stopped traffic 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 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound · yesterday 08:22, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M6 stopped traffic J16–J15 · yesterday 07:50, cleared after 50 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound · yesterday 07:41, cleared after 2 h 59 min

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