🚨 Emergency? Call 999 · Motorway breakdown? 0300 123 5000
Search
LIVE
Loading incidents...

Start typing to search

Find traffic updates, service providers, tools & more

📢 Seen an incident on this road? Report it in 30 seconds Report ›
7Junction

M6 Junction 7 Traffic

Great Barr & Perry Barr · Great Barr · near Sutton Coldfield

M6 J7 at 12:27 on Thursday 12 November: closure planned from 22:00.

Home › Traffic › Roads › M6 › Junction 7

🚨 Live at M6 J7 right now

Checked 12:27 · auto-refresh
✅Nothing reported at M6 J7 right now.
Planned closures at M6 J7
🌙 Planned from 22:00 until 05:00 Fri 13 Nov
M6 southbound Jct 10 to Jct 7 carriageway closure
↓ SouthboundCarriageway closed
Diversion: Diversion via National Highways and local authority network.
🌙 Planned from 22:00 until 05:00 Fri 13 Nov
M6 southbound Jct 8 to M5 southbound Jct 1 link road closure (western arm south)
↓ SouthboundPart closure
Diversion: Diversion via National Highways and local authority network.

Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.

All live M6 traffic →M6 northbound →M6 southbound →M6 roadworks →

Is M6 junction 7 closed? Quick answers

Checked 12:27 on Thursday 12 November 2026.

Is M6 junction 7 closed right now?

No. Nothing is closing the road at M6 junction 7 at 12:27.

Is M6 junction 7 closed tonight?

Yes. M6 junction 7 has 1 full closure planned tonight (Thu 12 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00): southbound Jct 10 to Jct 7 carriageway closure, 22:00 to 05:00. Plus 1 lane or slip road closure. Diversion: Diversion via National Highways and local authority network.

Tonight: every M6 closure ›

Is M6 junction 7 closed this weekend?

Yes. M6 junction 7 has 1 full closure planned this weekend (Fri 13 Nov 18:00 to Mon 16 Nov 06:00): southbound Jct 10 to Jct 7 carriageway closure, Fri 22:00 to 05:00. Plus 3 lane or slip road closures. Diversion: Diversion via National Highways and local authority network.

This weekend: every M6 closure ›

Is there an accident at M6 junction 7 today?

No. No collision has been reported at M6 junction 7 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.

🗺️ Where M6 J7 is

Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Aldridge, West Bromwich.

📍 Heading to… from M6 J7

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.

⚠️ Collision record on the M6 at J7

180Collisions
0Fatal
20Serious
293Casualties
74
Worse than most
Ranked 148 of 556 UK junctions on record · 19 of 49 on the M6

Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 5,890 collisions are on record, 54 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 J7. 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 J7 → 19 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationally

❓ M6 J7 — Frequently Asked Questions

Where is M6 junction 7?

M6 J7 is at Great Barr & Perry Barr. National Highways signs it as Great Barr. The nearest town is Sutton Coldfield.

Is there an accident at M6 J7?

No — as of 12:27 National Highways list nothing at M6 J7. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.

Is M6 junction 7 closed?

Not right now. Planned: M6 southbound Jct 10 to Jct 7 carriageway closure, from 22:00 until 05:00 Fri 13 Nov.

How many accidents happen at M6 junction 7?

Police STATS19 records show 180 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J7, including 0 fatal and 20 serious. Counting every road in the area, 5,890 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 148 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.

What is near M6 junction 7?

Within 15 miles of M6 J7: Villa Park (stadium, Aston, Birmingham), about 2 miles south in a straight line; Edgbaston Cricket Ground (stadium, Edgbaston, Birmingham), about 5.5 miles south in a straight line; Black Country Living Museum (attraction, Dudley), about 8 miles west in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (airport, Bickenhill, Solihull), about 8 miles south-east in a straight line; Drayton Manor (theme park, Tamworth), about 9 miles north-east in a straight line; NEC Birmingham (events venue, Marston Green, Solihull), about 9 miles south-east in a straight line.

🚨 Live M6 traffic

Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M6, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.

🚗 M6 live traffic →

↔️ Next junctions

← J6
Birmingham & Aston J8
West Bromwich & Oldbury →

📍 Towns near this junction

Sutton Coldfield 3.2 mi Birmingham 3.9 mi Aldridge 4.5 mi West Bromwich 4.7 mi

🔢 All M6 junctions

J1 J2 J3 J3A J4 J4A J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 J10 J10A J11 J11A J12 J13 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J21 J21A J22 J23 J24 J25 J26 J27 J28 J29 J30 J31 J31A J32 J33 J34 J35 J36 J37 J38 J39 J40 J41 J42 J43 J44

🆘 Broken down near M6 J7?

Car recovery near this junction - local firms you can call direct:

Near Birmingham: Mobile tyre fitters · Mobile mechanics · Auto locksmiths · Wrong fuel help · All help in Birmingham

On a motorway? If you can, get onto the hard shoulder or into an emergency area, leave by the left-hand doors and wait behind the barrier. Stuck in a live lane: stay in the car with your seatbelt on and hazard lights on, and call 999.

🆘 Send one free requestAll breakdown services