Overview
- A southbound M6 collision between Junctions 13 and 12 early on Sunday caused traffic to be held and two lanes remained closed for several hours before partial reopening, creating long residual delays.
- On Monday separate incidents included a four-vehicle crash on the M60, a motorbike-and-van collision on the M53 that sent the rider to hospital, and a multi-vehicle crash on the M5 that produced miles of tailbacks and roughly 45-minute delays.
- A lorry at Spaghetti Junction shed steel bars and overturned on Monday morning between J6 and J5, prompting National Highways crews to stabilise the load and enforce an overnight full southbound closure with a signed diversion in place and no firm reopening time.
- National Highways’ scheduled overnight roadworks for the week starting July 27 are active across the M6, M5 and nearby links, which will reduce capacity and compound knock-on delays for holiday, commuter and freight traffic.
- A small number of additional reports — including a Cheshire M6 police incident and an M4 crash with a fuel spill — remain reported by single outlets and are listed as developing or uncorroborated while recovery and clean-up operations continue.