Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M6 southbound lane closure between J19 and J18, live incident, started Mon 5 Oct, 08:32
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J19 to J18
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 08:32
- Category
- Incident
M6 southbound lane closure at J1, 6 Feb 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M6 has cleared. It started at 13:43 on 6 Feb 2026 and cleared at 14:08 on 6 Feb 2026.
Last updated by National Highways at 14:08 on Friday 6 February 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J1
- Location
- M6 southbound between J1 and M1/A14
- Started
- 13:43 on Friday 6 February 2026
- Cleared
- 14:08 on Friday 6 February 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 14:08 on Friday 6 February 2026
Map of the M6 southbound lane closure at J1
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- Cleared
Other M6 closures and crash records
22 other closures are in force on the M6 right now, and 189 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.
- Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J7 to J6
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 06:35
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J15 to J14
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 02:48
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J42
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 08:36
- Expected to clear
- Fri 16 Oct, 18:00
- Category
- Construction Work
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J44
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 07:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 05:00
- Category
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J45 to J44
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 07:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance