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M6 J16 at 14:07 on Tuesday 3 November: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Checked 14:07 on Tuesday 3 November 2026.
No. Nothing is closing the road at M6 junction 16 at 14:07.
No. No closures are planned at M6 junction 16 tonight (Tue 3 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00).
Tonight: every M6 closure ›No full closures. M6 junction 16 stays open this weekend (Fri 6 Nov 18:00 to Mon 9 Nov 06:00). 1 lane or slip road closure is planned: southbound jct 16 exit slip road closure, Sun 22:00 to 06:00.
This weekend: every M6 closure ›No. No collision has been reported at M6 junction 16 since midnight.
M6 accidents today and yesterday ›Answers use official data only: the National Highways live incident feed and their planned closure report. A closure is counted here when National Highways name this junction or a stretch that runs through it.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Alsager, Crewe, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sandbach.
Places and the junctions they are reached from are kept by our team; distances are measured in a straight line from the junction, not along the road.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 353 collisions are on record, 13 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M6 itself, within 2 miles of J16. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M6 J16 → 24 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationallyM6 J16 is at Crewe & Barthomley. National Highways signs it as Crewe. The nearest town is Alsager.
No — as of 14:07 National Highways list nothing at M6 J16. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at M6 J16 as of 14:07.
Police STATS19 records show 66 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J16, including 2 fatal and 14 serious. Counting every road in the area, 353 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 213 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
M6 J16 is the junction for Alton Towers (theme park, Alton), about 20 miles east in a straight line - reached from M6 J15/J16.
Within 15 miles of M6 J16: bet365 Stadium (stadium, Stoke-on-Trent), about 8 miles south-east in a straight line; Trentham Estate (attraction, Stoke-on-Trent), about 8.5 miles south-east in a straight line; Jodrell Bank (attraction, Lower Withington), about 13 miles north in a straight line; Oulton Park (motorsport, Little Budworth), about 14 miles north-west in a straight line.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M6, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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