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M6 stopped traffic J8–J9

Stopped traffic on the M6 at J8–J9 on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 11:35. Still reported at 18:38 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Live since 11:35 (7 h 3 min)
Location
M6 · J8–J9
Reported as
Queueing traffic
Delay
~10 min
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~38 min
Sources
TomTom ×5
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
  3. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  4. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  5. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  6. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  7. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  8. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  9. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  10. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  11. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  12. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  13. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  14. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  15. TomTom no longer reports it
  16. All clear: no source reports it any more
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  18. TomTom no longer reports it
  19. All clear: no source reports it any more
  20. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  21. TomTom no longer reports it
  22. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  23. TomTom no longer reports it
  24. All clear: no source reports it any more
  25. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  26. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  27. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  28. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  29. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  30. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  31. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  32. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  33. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~23 min
  34. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  35. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  36. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  37. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  38. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~34 min
  39. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  40. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  41. TomTom: “Slow traffic”

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