A1(M) crash J45–J44 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 17:36 on 9 Oct 2026, after 2 h 58 min.
Crash on the A1(M) southbound at J45–J44 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 14:38. Cleared at 17:36 after 2 h 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
A1(M) southbound · J45–J44
Collision
yesterday 14:38–yesterday 17:36 (cleared after 2 h 58 min) · delay ~10 min · queue 6.5 mi
TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~13)
- TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~20)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs: “A1M J45-J44 COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~32)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~23), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “A1M J45-J44 COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “A1M J45-J44 COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: A1(M) southbound between J45 and J44).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: A1(M) southbound between J45 and J44).
Other recent incidents on the A1(M)
- A1(M) closed J34–J35 northbound
- A1(M) closed J36–J35 southbound
- A1(M) closed J34–J35 northbound
- A1(M) closed J42–J41 southbound
- A1(M) crash J49–J48 northbound
- A1(M) crash J44 southbound
- A1(M) reported crash J42–J43 northbound
- A1(M) crash J36–J35
- A1(M) crash J44–J43 southbound
- A1(M) closed J15–J16 northbound
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.