M6 crash LIVE traffic updates as traffic STOPPED after ‘four-vehicle smash’
Drivers are facing queues on the M6 following a crash 'involving four vehicles' near Wigan[1]. Traffic was stopped following a smash involving three cars and a van this morning (October 15), according to the Inrix traffic monitoring service. The incident has taken place on the northbound carriageway between junctions 26 at the M58 Orrell Interchange and 27 at Standish.
Vehicles are moving again, but queues are currently tailing back past junction 25 for Wigan on the northbound carriageway. Join our Traffic and Travel WhatsApp group HERE[2] There are also delays on the southbound side past the crash scene, according to Google traffic data.
An earlier post from Inrix said: "Two lanes blocked and queueing traffic due to accident, three cars and a van involved on M6 Northbound from J26 M58 (Orrell Interchange) to J27 A5209 Crow Orchard Road (Standish). Lanes two and three (of three)." Motorists have also been hit by delays further north, on the M6 southbound near junction 27, following a collision earlier this morning.
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