M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northbound
Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J6–J7 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 13:40. Still reported at 16:50 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 13:40 (3 h 9 min)
- Location
- M6 northbound · J6–J7
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- Delay
- ~28 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~84 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs ×3
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- Motorway signs: “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~12)
- TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~31)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~74 min (was ~52)
- TomTom: delay now ~82 min (was ~58)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~84)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~32 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
- Overhead signs read “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J6 and J7).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J22–J23 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J4–J4A northbound
- M6 reported crash J26–J27 northbound
- M6 crash J36–J35
- M6 crash J19–J20 northbound
- M6 crash J1–J2 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J10–J10A
- M6 stopped traffic J25–J26 northbound
- M6 delays J7–J6 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J21
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.