M6 drivers warned of Friday night delays amidst separate motorway incidents
Three separate incidents are causing tailbacks and delays on different parts of the M6 network tonight.
A car fire, accident and 'police incident' all unfolded on the major Midlands motorway after 5pm at the height of rush hour.
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While restrictions have now lifted, traffic cameras continue to show queueing cars as the road network recovers.
In some parts of the network, traffic was shown to be clogging up the carriageway.
An update at 6:30pm on live traffic system INRIX warned of lingering queues near J12 of the M6: "Queueing traffic due to earlier police incident on M6 in both directions from J12 A5 Watling Street (Gailey) to J13 A449 (Stafford South).Just prior to 18:25 all traffic was held for just over five minutes."
An accident on the M6 Southbound at J10A was causing tailbacks near Walsall.
Drivers were told by 6:30pm restrictions were lifted: "Traffic easing, earlier accident on M6 Southbound from J10A (M54 Interchange) to J10 A454 Black Country Route (Wolverhampton / Walsall).Restrictions have been lifted. "
In the same area but on the opposite side, a car fire was also slowing down drivers and traffic was held for 45 minutes.
By 6:30pm, the latest update read: "Traffic easing, earlier vehicle fire on M6 Northbound from J10A (M54 Interchange) to J11 A460 (Cannock).All restrictions were lifted prior to 18:25. All traffic was held for around 45 minutes earlier."
BirminghamLive has asked Staffordshire Police for more information on the police incident.
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