Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M6 southbound lane closure at J3, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 20:23
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J3
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 20:23
- Category
- Incident
M6 southbound lane closure between J19 and J18, 2 Oct 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M6 has cleared. It started at 17:04 on Fri 2 Oct and cleared at 17:35 on Fri 2 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 17:13 on Friday 2 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J19 to J18
- Location
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 17:04 on Friday 2 October 2026
- Cleared
- 17:35 on Friday 2 October 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 17:13 on Friday 2 October 2026
Map of the M6 southbound lane closure between J19 and J18
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- Cleared
Other M6 closures and crash records
40 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
M6 southbound lane closure at J1, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 20:10
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J1
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 20:10
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J21A to J21
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 04:22
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M55 and M6
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Junctions
- J2
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J41
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J41
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance