Live M6 traffic updates today as crash in Cheshire leaves lane closed

There are long delays following a crash on the M6 in Cheshire today (Monday, December 30). A lane is shut to traffic on the northbound carriageway between Junction 18 (Middlewich) and Junction 19 (Knutsford).

The closure was first reported at around 12.11pm - with two lanes originally shut before one reopened at around 12.40pm. Photographs show long queues forming in the area as a result.

Inrix, the traffic data company, said: "Long delays and one lane closed due to accident on M6 Northbound from J18 A54 Middlewich Road (Middlewich / Holmes Chapel) to J19 A556 (Knutsford). Congestion to J17 (Sandbach)."

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Long delays continue on the M6 northbound following the crash. Traffic heading towards Manchester is affected.

Delays continue on the northbound carriageway of the M6 following the crash. The lane is closed between Junction 18 and Junction 19 in Cheshire.

Inrix, the traffic data company, said:

Long delays and one lane closed due to accident on M6 Northbound from J18 A54 Middlewich Road (Middlewich / Holmes Chapel) to J19 A556 (Knutsford). Congestion to J17 (Sandbach)."

Inrix, the traffic data company, said:

Long delays and two lanes closed due to accident on M6 Northbound from J18 A54 Middlewich Road (Middlewich / Holmes Chapel) to J19 A556 (Knutsford). Congestion to J17 (Sandbach)."

Long queues are forming on the M6 northbound as a result of the crash. Two lanes remain closed.