M6 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound

Cleared Cleared at 10:34 on 14 Oct 2026, after 5 h 2 min.

Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J8–J9 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 05:31. Cleared at 10:34 after 5 h 2 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

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   M6 northbound · J8–J9

   Obstruction or hazard

   05:31–10:34 (cleared after 5 h 2 min) · delay ~19 min · queue 11.3 mi

   TomTom ×8 · Motorway signs

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~60 min

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Timeline

1. 05:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~20 min
2. 05:40 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~18)
3. 05:45 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~28)
4. 05:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. 05:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 06:03 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 06:12 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~36)
8. 06:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 06:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 06:45 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13), “Stationary traffic”
11. 06:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~16 min
12. 06:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
13. 06:49 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16)
14. 07:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 07:17 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~24), “Queuing traffic”
16. 07:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. 07:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. 07:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
19. 07:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
20. 07:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. 07:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
22. 07:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
23. 07:39 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. 07:44 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~12)
25. 07:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
26. 08:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
27. 08:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
28. 08:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
29. 08:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
30. 08:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~60 min (reported again)
31. 09:47 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
32. 10:20 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic”
33. 10:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
34. 10:34 TomTom no longer reports it
35. 10:34 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
36. 10:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J8 and J9).

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 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
• M6 crash J27–J26 southbound · yesterday 07:21, cleared after 2 h 14 min

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