Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M6 southbound lane closure between J21A and J21, live incident, started Tue 6 Oct, 23:12
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J21A to J21
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 23:12
- Category
- Incident
M6 southbound lane closure at J1, 6 Oct 2026
Live incident
This incident on the M6 is in force now. It started at 20:02 on Tue 6 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 20:20 on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Live incident
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J1
- Location
- M6 southbound between J1 and M1/A14
- Started
- 20:02 on Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 20:20 on Tuesday 6 October 2026
Map of the M6 southbound lane closure at J1
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- Live incident
Other M6 closures and crash records
68 other closures are in force on the M6 right now, and 195 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.
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J1 to J2
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:02
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J24
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 23:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J25
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 23:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J37 to J36
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 23:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J24
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 22:12
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance