A1(M) stopped traffic J3

Stopped traffic on the A1(M) at J3 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 06:46. Cleared at 07:45 after 59 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 07:45 on 26 Oct 2026, after 59 min

Location

A1(M) J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~52 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Mon 06:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
2. Mon 06:55 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~17)
3. Mon 07:00 TomTom: delay now ~52 min (was ~30)
4. Mon 07:04 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~52)
5. Mon 07:09 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~29)
6. Mon 07:13 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Mon 07:13 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Mon 07:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
9. Mon 07:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. Mon 07:45 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Mon 07:45 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1(M)

• 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 southboundFri 18:50 · cleared after 43 min
• A1(M) stopped trafficFri 13:58 · cleared after 2 h 6 min
• A1(M) crash J45 southboundFri 13:11 · cleared after 8 h 53 min
• A1(M) reported crash J52–J51 southboundThu 21:16 · cleared after 25 min
• A1(M) crash J44–J43 southboundThu 15:37 · cleared after 3 h 50 min
• A1(M) reported crash J48 northboundThu 15:17 · cleared after 1 h 39 min
• A1(M) crash J52–J51 northboundThu 12:55 · cleared after 3 h 31 min
• A1(M) closed J6–J4Thu 04:03 · cleared after 30 min

Live traffic and past incidents at A1(M) J3.

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