Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M6 southbound lane closure between J7 and J6, live incident, started Mon 5 Oct, 06:35
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J7 to J6
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 06:35
- Category
- Incident
M6 southbound narrow lanes between J40 and J39, 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 09:01 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 to J39
- Location
- M6 southbound between J40 and J39
- 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
- 09:01 on Monday 5 October 2026
Map of the M6 southbound narrow lanes between J40 and J39
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- Active roadworks
Other M6 closures and crash records
20 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.
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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
- Road Maintenance
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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
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J45 to J44
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 06:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 5 Oct, 20:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance