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 lane closure at J42, 30 Sep 2026
Cleared
This roadworks closure on the M6 has cleared. It started at 20:00 on Wed 30 Sep and cleared at 22:04 on Wed 30 Sep.
Last updated by National Highways at 21:46 on Wednesday 30 September 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J42
- Location
- M6 southbound within J41
- Lanes
- 2 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 20:00 on Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Cleared
- 22:04 on Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Details
- M6 Southbound Jct 42 to 41 Lane 1 and 2 closure (465/5B to 463/3B)
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 21:46 on Wednesday 30 September 2026
Map of the M6 southbound lane closure at J42
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- Cleared
Other M6 closures and crash records
38 other closures are in force on the M6 right now, and 203 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
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- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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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
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- 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
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- Junctions
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- Started
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- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J26 to J25
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance