A1(M) stopped traffic J3

Stopped traffic on the A1(M) at J3 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 15:31. Still reported at 17:54 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 15:31 (2 h 23 min)

Location

A1(M) · J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~24 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~32 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 15:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 15:35 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 15:35 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 15:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
5. 15:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 16:03 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. 16:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 16:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
9. 16:26 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 16:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 16:45 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~21), “Stationary traffic”
12. 16:54 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~32), “Queuing traffic”
13. 16:58 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. 17:03 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~16), “Slow traffic”
15. 17:08 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
16. 17:12 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~25), “Slow traffic”
17. 17:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. 17:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. 17:35 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
20. 17:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. 17:44 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. 17:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1(M)

• A1(M) crash J44–J45 northboundyesterday 20:53 · cleared after 2 h 56 min
• A1(M) crash J43–J44 northboundyesterday 19:51 · cleared after 57 min
• A1(M) reported crash J44–J45 northboundyesterday 19:40 · cleared after 39 min
• A1(M) crash J34–J35 northboundyesterday 09:11 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• A1(M) reported crash J40–J41 northboundyesterday 07:27 · cleared after 48 min
• A1(M) crash J44–J43 southboundMon 09:31 · cleared after 39 min
• A1(M) crash J41–J40 southboundMon 07:01 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• A1(M) reported crash J15–J14 southboundSat 20:28 · cleared after 1 h 33 min
• A1(M) crash J45–J44 southboundSat 01:31 · cleared after 55 min
• A1(M) stopped traffic J34–J35Fri 12:01 · cleared after 6 h 18 min

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