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M6 J7 at 08:34 on Wednesday 14 October: 1 incident at this junction · 2 nearby · closure planned from 23:59.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Aldridge, West Bromwich.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 3,329 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 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 → 14 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationallyM6 J7 is at Great Barr & Perry Barr. National Highways signs it as Great Barr. The nearest town is Sutton Coldfield.
No collision is listed at M6 J7 as of 08:34, but National Highways report: The M6 southbound between junctions J10 and J6. Congestion. Normal traffic conditions are expected between 08:45 and 09:00 on 14 October 2026. There are currently delays between 20 and 30 minutes aga….
Not right now. Planned: M6 northbound Jct 7 to Jct 10 carriageway closure, from 23:59 until 06:00 Thu 15 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 87 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J7, including 0 fatal and 14 serious. Counting every road in the area, 3,329 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 145 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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