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M6 stopped traffic J8

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J8 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 11:19. Cleared at 18:52 after 7 h 33 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 18:52 on 27 Oct 2026, after 7 h 33 min
Location
M6 J8
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min
Sources
TomTom ×9
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  4. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  5. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  6. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  7. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  8. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  9. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  10. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  11. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  13. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  14. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  15. TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
  16. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  17. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  18. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  19. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  20. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
  21. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  22. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  23. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  24. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  25. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  26. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  27. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  28. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  29. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  30. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
  31. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  32. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  33. TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic”
  34. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  35. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  36. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  37. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  38. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  39. TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~3)
  40. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  41. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  42. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  43. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  44. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~17)
  45. TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~5)
  46. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  47. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  48. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  49. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
  50. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  51. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  52. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~4 min
  53. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
  54. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  55. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min (reported again)
  56. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  57. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  58. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  59. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  60. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  61. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
  62. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  63. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  64. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~21 min (reported again)
  65. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  66. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  67. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
  68. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
  69. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
  70. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  71. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~21 min (reported again)
  72. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  73. TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~22), “Slow traffic”
  74. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min (reported again)
  75. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  76. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  77. TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
  78. TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
  79. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  80. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  81. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  82. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  83. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  84. TomTom no longer reports it
  85. All clear: no source reports it any more
  86. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  87. TomTom no longer reports it

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