M6 stopped traffic J9–J10 northbound

Live Still reported at 17:59 UK time, since 11:01 (6 h 58 min).

Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J9–J10 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 11:01. Still reported at 17:59 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

1. B

   M6 northbound · J9–J10

   Broken-down vehicle

   since 11:01 (6 h 58 min) · delay ~25 min · queue 6.6 mi

   TomTom ×10 · Motorway signs ×2

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Timeline

1. 11:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 11:14 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 11:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 11:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
5. 11:23 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. 11:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
7. 11:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 11:42 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. 11:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 11:56 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. 11:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. 12:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 12:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. 12:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 12:28 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. 12:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 12:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. 12:46 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. 12:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 12:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. 13:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. 13:59 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
23. 14:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
24. 14:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
25. 14:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
26. 14:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
27. 15:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
28. 15:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
29. 15:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
30. 15:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
31. 15:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
32. 15:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
33. 15:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
34. 15:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
35. 15:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
36. 16:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
37. 16:09 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
38. 16:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
39. 16:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
40. 16:14 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
41. 16:17 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
42. 16:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
43. 16:27 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
44. 16:32 TomTom: delay now ~49 min (was ~32)
45. 16:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
46. 16:47 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
47. 16:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
48. 16:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
49. 16:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
50. 17:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
51. 17:04 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
52. 17:04 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~6)
53. 17:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
54. 17:09 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
55. 17:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
56. 17:13 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
57. 17:18 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
58. 17:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
59. 17:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
60. 17:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
61. 17:32 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
62. 17:39 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
63. 17:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
64. 17:41 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
65. 17:45 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~16)
66. 17:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
67. 17:55 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~27), “Slow traffic, Broken down vehicle”
68. 17:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
69. 17:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
70. 17:59 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~14)
71. 17:59 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~10), “Slow traffic”

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (2 signs; furthest along: M5 southbound between J1 and J2).
• Slow traffic, Broken down vehicle
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J10 and J10A).

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