A1(M) stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A1(M) on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 17:41. Cleared at 18:36 after 55 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:36 on 5 Nov 2026, after 55 min

Location

A1(M)

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~40 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 17:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~33 min
2. 17:55 TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “traffic, Obstruction on the road”
3. 18:14 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
4. 18:23 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 18:23 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. 18:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
7. 18:36 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1(M)

• A1(M) closed J16–J17 northboundyesterday 20:43 · cleared after 6 h 36 min
• A1(M) crash J44 northboundyesterday 20:03 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• A1(M) crash J44–J45 northboundyesterday 19:47 · cleared after 3 h 47 min
• A1(M) delaysSun 13:25 · cleared after 37 min
• A1(M) crash J34–J35 northboundFri 20:18 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• A1(M) crash J46–J45 southbound30 Oct 2026 18:50 · cleared after 43 min
• A1(M) stopped traffic30 Oct 2026 13:58 · cleared after 2 h 6 min
• A1(M) crash J45 southbound30 Oct 2026 13:11 · cleared after 8 h 53 min
• A1(M) reported crash J52–J51 southbound29 Oct 2026 21:16 · cleared after 25 min
• A1(M) crash J44–J43 southbound29 Oct 2026 15:37 · cleared after 3 h 50 min

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