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M6 J8 at 08:50 on Monday 12 October: 1 nearby · closure planned from 21:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: West Bromwich, Oldbury, Walsall, Birmingham.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 3,153 collisions are on record, 31 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 J8. 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 J8 → 8 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationallyM6 J8 is at West Bromwich & Oldbury. National Highways signs it as M5 Interchange. The nearest town is West Bromwich.
Not at M6 J8 itself as of 08:50. Nearby, National Highways report: The M6 southbound between junctions J11 and J10. Congestion. Currently Active (2 junctions away).
Not right now. Planned: M6 northbound Jct 7 to Jct 10 carriageway closure, from 21:00 until 06:00 Tue 13 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 64 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J8, including 3 fatal and 6 serious. Counting every road in the area, 3,153 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 53 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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