Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M6 southbound lane closure between J17 and J16, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 23:51
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J17 to J16
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 23:51
- Category
- Incident
M6 northbound entry slip road closure at J40, 5 Oct 2026
Cleared
This roadworks closure on the M6 has cleared. It started at 21:03 on Mon 5 Oct and cleared at 02:20 on Tue 6 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 01:29 on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Entry slip road closure
- Category
- Construction Work
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J40
- Location
- M6 J40 northbound access
- Started
- 21:03 on Monday 5 October 2026
- Cleared
- 02:20 on Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Details
- M6 Northbound Jct 40 Entry slip road closure
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 01:29 on Wednesday 7 October 2026
Map of the M6 northbound entry slip road closure at J40
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- Cleared
Other M6 closures and crash records
58 other closures are in force on the M6 right now, and 191 more are planned in the next 7 days.
The M6 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 36,370 collisions on the road, 1,017 of them fatal.
- Active roadworksLane closureNational Highways
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J17
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 23:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J18 to J17
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 23:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J37 to J36
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 23:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
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- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:19
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J21A
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance