A stretch of the M6 motorway has been closed due to a ‘serious’ crash involving a car and a pedestrian on Sunday.
The northbound is currently closed between J19 and J20 in Cheshire with motorists being warned the motorway will be closed for several hours.
“Cheshire Police will be carrying out investigation work, therefore the closure is expected to be protracted and in place for several hours today” a spokesperson for the National Highways said.
Southbound traffic is also being diverted around the scene near J19.
An air ambulance has landed in an adjacent field to J19 roundabout. Both police and paradmedics are at the scene.
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All lanes are now open on the #M6 northbound within J19 following the serious incident earlier. All delays have cleared. pic.twitter.com/SN75M1d8JS
National Highways say there are still three mile queues and delays of 45 minutes on the approach to the northbound M6 near junction 19, but that these will start to clear now the motorway has reopened.
There are now severe delays of 30 minutes on M6 Northbound between J18 A54 Middlewich Road (Middlewich / Holmes Chapel) and J19 A556 (Knutsford).
The average speed is just ten mph.
The M6 northbound within J19 has re-opened.
One lane (of four) remains closed through the junction for the last part of the clean-up process.
There remains a delay of approximately 45 mins and three miles of congestion on the northbound M6 approaching J19 but this will start to ease now.
A spokesperson for the National Highways says there are “getting patrols in position to re-open the motorway now with just a lane closure in place through the junction northbound. The road should be open to traffic within the next few minutes”.
However, “it’ll take a while for the delays to clear”.
Here is a live image from J19 showing the standstill traffic in the area.
Traffic is being diverted via the exit and entry slip roads. Investigation works continue.
The #M6 southbound within J19 (#Tabley) has reopened, the northbound carriageway is now closed within J19. Traffic is being diverted via the exit and entry slip roads.
Investigation works continue.
Long delays on approach in both directions. pic.twitter.com/Kqv9ghycjM
What don’t we know about the incident on the M6?
This is the latest from the National Highways: “There are long delays in excess of 45 minutes northbound and 60 minutes southbound above normal journey times.
“If this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra journey time. Plan ahead, you may wish to re-route or even delay your journey.
“Further information is available from National Highways by visiting our www.trafficengland.com website and travel apps, or via our regional X feed.
“Our 24/7 contact centre team is also available to provide up to the minute information on 0300 123 5000”
Delays have now increased to 73 minutes on the M6 southbound.
A spokesperson for National Highways said: “If this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra journey time. Plan ahead, you may wish to re-route or even delay your journey.”
The following map shows the location of the incident.
The AA are reporting that delays are increasing on M6 Southbound between J20 M56 J9 (Lymm Interchange) and A5033.
The northbound stretch is closed between J19 (Tabley, Knutsford) and J20 (Lymm).
Diverted traffic should follow the solid square diversion symbol and:
The southbound carriageway is closed at junction 19.
Traffic is being diverted via the exit and entry slip roads in what is known as an ‘up and over’ closure.
National Highways say: “If this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra journey time. Plan ahead, you may wish to re-route or even delay your journey.”
One motorist caught in the long queues said: “I’m currently sat in all the traffic can’t see anything as of yet just motorway is at standstill.”
Are you at the scene? If so, feel free to contact me: lauran.otoole@reachplc.com
Cheshire Police have released the following statement: “Emergency services are currently at the scene of a collision on the M6 northbound between junction 19 and junction 20, near Knutsford.
“Delays are to be expected and motorists are advised to avoid the area.”
In both directions there are delays in excess of 45 minutes above usual journey times.
If you’re heading #M6 J19 (#Tabley) in #Cheshire, please follow the below link for diversion route details.
Northbound closed between J19 and J20 following a serious incident.
Delays in excess of 45 minutes above usual journey times, both ways. https://t.co/oszhkj4m66 pic.twitter.com/ArObk97oOY
Here is a live image near junction 19 showing the standstill traffic. 
Both police and paradmedics are at the scene.
A spokesperson for the National Highways said: “The M6 in Cheshire is closed northbound between J19 (Tabley, Knutsford) and J20 (Lymm) due to a serious collision involving a car and pedestrian which occurred shortly before 09:00 this morning.
“Emergency services including Cheshire Police, the North West Ambulance Service attended. North West Air Ambulance landed in an adjacent field to J19 roundabout.
“National Highways Traffic Officers are also providing assistance with traffic management.
“Cheshire Police will be carrying out investigation work, therefore the closure is expected to be protracted and in place for several hours today.”
According to National Highways, there has been ‘a serious collision involving a car and pedestrian which occurred shortly before 09:00 this morning’.
Good morning. My name is Lauran O’Toole and welcome to our live blog.
A stretch of the M6 in Cheshire has been closed after a ‘serious’ crash. We will provide you with live updates as and when we receive them.
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