Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M6 southbound lane closure between J15 and J14, live incident, started Mon 5 Oct, 02:48
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J15 to J14
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 02:48
- Category
- Incident
M6 southbound narrow lanes at J40, 24 Aug 2026
Active roadworks
This roadworks closure on the M6 is in force now. It started at 06:00 on Mon 24 Aug and is expected to clear at 20:00 on Fri 13 Nov.
Last updated by National Highways at 05:25 on Monday 5 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Active roadworks
- Closure type
- Narrow lanes
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J40
- Location
- M6 southbound within J40
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 06:00 on Monday 24 August 2026
- Expected to clear
- 20:00 on Friday 13 November 2026
- Details
- M6 Southbound Jct 40 to 39 Lane 3 closure with Narrow lanes (Mp 459/4 - 455/7)
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 05:25 on Monday 5 October 2026
Map of the M6 southbound narrow lanes at J40
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- Active roadworks
Other M6 closures and crash records
29 other closures are in force on the M6 right now, and 192 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
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- Junctions
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- Started
- Sun 4 Oct, 05:34
- Category
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- Direction
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- Junctions
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- Started
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- Expected to clear
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- Category
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
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- Started
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- Expected to clear
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- Category
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- Road
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- Direction
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- Junctions
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- Started
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- Expected to clear
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- Category
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
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- Started
- Sun 4 Oct, 22:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 5 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance