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M6 J4A at 14:07 on Tuesday 3 November: 1 incident at this junction · roadworks at this junction · 1 nearby · part closure planned from 21:00.
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 4A at 14:07. 2 live incidents are listed at this junction above.
No full closures. M6 junction 4A stays open tonight (Tue 3 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00). 1 lane or slip road closure is planned: southbound Jct 4a to M42 northbound and southbound link road closures, 21:00 to 06:00.
Tonight: every M6 closure ›No full closures. M6 junction 4A 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 4a to M42 northbound and southbound link road closures, Fri 21:00 to 06:00.
This weekend: every M6 closure ›No. No collision has been reported at M6 junction 4A 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: Coleshill, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Atherstone.
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 — 1,081 collisions are on record, 27 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 J4A. 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 J4A → 48 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationallyM6 J4A is at Coleshill & Curdworth. National Highways signs it as M42 North. The nearest town is Coleshill.
No collision is listed at M6 J4A as of 14:07, but National Highways report: The M6 northbound between junctions J4 and J6. Congestion. Normal traffic conditions are expected between 14:30 and 14:45 on 03 November 2026. Currently Active.
Not right now. Planned: M6 southbound Jct 4a to M42 northbound and southbound link road closures, from 21:00 until 06:00 Wed 4 Nov.
Police STATS19 records show 30 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J4A, including 0 fatal and 6 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,081 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 503 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
M6 J4A is the junction for Birmingham Airport (airport, Bickenhill, Solihull), about 5 miles south in a straight line - reached from M6 J4A.
Within 15 miles of M6 J4A: NEC Birmingham (events venue, Marston Green, Solihull), about 5 miles south in a straight line; Drayton Manor (theme park, Tamworth), about 6 miles north in a straight line; Villa Park (stadium, Aston, Birmingham), about 7 miles west in a straight line; Edgbaston Cricket Ground (stadium, Edgbaston, Birmingham), about 9 miles south-west in a straight line; Twycross Zoo (zoo & wildlife, Twycross), about 12 miles north-east in a straight line; Kenilworth Castle (heritage, Kenilworth), about 13 miles south-east in a straight line.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M6, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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