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M6 road closures today & tonight

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No live incident closures on the M6 right now, but 5 roadworks are currently in force.

3 closures are scheduled tonight (18:00 to 06:00).

Is the M6 closed? Live updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: accidents and emergency closures happening today, overnight closures tonight, roadworks in force and planned closures for the week ahead, filterable by direction.

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M6 closures tonight

Closures starting between 18:00 on Saturday 17 October and 06:00 the next morning (UK time), including any already in force.

No closures in this direction tonight.

M6 roadworks in force now

None in this direction right now.

Recently cleared on the M6

M6 closure history: the last 12 months

Since 17 October 2025, 4,242 closures have been recorded on the M6: 4,242 planned roadworks and 0 unplanned incidents. 90% started overnight (18:00 to 06:00), and a typical closure lasted 9 hours. The busiest stretch was J32 to J33 (177 closures), and Monday was the busiest day of the week.

Roadworks & planned closures
4,242
Unplanned incidents
0
Started overnight
90%
Typical duration
9 hours
Average 12 hours

Busiest M6 sections

  1. J32 to J33 177
  2. J16 to J17 171
  3. J18 to J19 134
  4. J31A to J32 126
  5. J27 to J28 112

When closures happen

Busiest day
Monday
Busiest month
March 2026 (579)
Overnight closures
3,825

Busiest months: March 2026 (579), September 2026 (480), July 2026 (382).

Closures by direction

Northbound
1,276
Southbound
2,966

M6 crash history

1,823 injury collisions were recorded on the M6 between 2021 and 2025: 56 fatal, 344 serious and 1,423 slight, involving 2,846 casualties. The Department for Transport publishes STATS19 once a year, so 2025 is the latest year available and today's crashes appear above as live incidents instead.

Collisions
1,823
Fatal
56
Serious
344
Slight
1,423
M6 crash history: map & every recorded collision

M6 closures: your questions answered

Is the M6 closed today?

Yes. As of 14:31 UK time the M6 has 5 roadworks in force, including roadworks (northbound, J11A to J12); roadworks (northbound, J35 to J36). Check the list above for each closure and its expected reopening time.

Is the M6 closed tonight?

Yes, 3 closures on the M6 are scheduled to start between 18:00 on Saturday 17 October and 06:00 the next morning, including roadworks (southbound, J17) from 21:00; roadworks (southbound, J26 to J27) from 21:00; roadworks (southbound, J9 to J10) from 22:00.

Why is the M6 closed?

Current M6 closures are for road improvement or upgrading, roadworks, sweeping of road. Over the last 12 months, 100% of the 4,242 closures recorded on the M6 were planned roadworks and none were unplanned incidents; 90% started overnight.

Where does this data come from?

Live M6 closures come from the National Highways road closure feed for England's motorways and major A roads and from Traffic Wales, checked every five minutes. Closure history is built from that feed's archive. Collision figures come from the Department for Transport's STATS19 road safety data, which is published once a year, so recent crashes appear here as live incidents long before they reach the official statistics.

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