A1(M) crash J46–J45 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 16:03 on 25 Sept 2026, after 4 h 52 min.
Crash on the A1(M) southbound at J46–J45 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 11:11. Cleared at 16:03 after 4 h 52 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
A1(M) southbound · J46–J45
Collision
yesterday 11:11–yesterday 16:03 (cleared after 4 h 52 min) · delay ~9 min · queue 7.4 mi
TomTom ×11 · Motorway signs ×2
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “A1M J45-J44 COLLISION”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~13 min
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20)
- Motorway signs no longer show “A1M J45-J44 COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “A1M J45-J44 COLLISION” (4 signs; furthest along: A1(M) southbound between J46 and J45).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: A1(M) southbound between J45 and J44).
Other recent incidents on the A1(M)
- A1(M) reported crash J51–J50 southbound
- A1(M) reported crash J43–J42 southbound
- A1(M) crash J51–J52 northbound
- A1(M) crash J53–J52 southbound
- A1(M) crash J34–J35 northbound
- A1(M) closed J34–J35
- A1(M) crash J44 southbound
- A1(M) reported crash J41–J40 southbound
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