Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M6 northbound lane closure between J17 and J18, live incident, started Mon 5 Oct, 20:39
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J17 to J18
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 20:39
- Category
- Incident
M6 southbound lane closure at J6, 12 Aug 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M6 has cleared. It started at 20:58 on Wed 12 Aug and cleared at 21:16 on Wed 12 Aug.
Last updated by National Highways at 21:16 on Wednesday 12 August 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J6
- Location
- M6 southbound within J6
- Started
- 20:58 on Wednesday 12 August 2026
- Cleared
- 21:16 on Wednesday 12 August 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 21:16 on Wednesday 12 August 2026
Map of the M6 southbound lane closure at J6
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- Cleared
Other M6 closures and crash records
51 other closures are in force on the M6 right now, and 208 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
- J16 to J17
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 20:10
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
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- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 02:48
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M42 and M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J6 to J5
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Both directions
- Junctions
- J22
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M6
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J18 to J19
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance