A1(M) stopped traffic J50–J49 southbound
Stopped traffic on the A1(M) southbound at J50–J49 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 10:46. Cleared at 14:10 after 3 h 24 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 14:10 on 16 Oct 2026, after 3 h 24 min
- Location
- A1(M) southbound · J50–J49
- Reported as
- Incident
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: A1(M) southbound between J50 and J49).
Other recent incidents on the A1(M)
- A1(M) stopped traffic J34–J35
- A1(M) crash J49–J48 southbound
- A1(M) crash J47–J48 northbound
- A1(M) crash J48–J49 northbound
- A1(M) reported crash J41 northbound
- A1(M) crash J63–J64
- A1(M) crash J63–J64 northbound
- A1(M) closed J42–J41 southbound
- A1(M) reported crash J40–J41 northbound
- A1(M) crash
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