A1(M) stopped traffic J51–J50 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 18:12 on 25 Sept 2026, after 1 h 56 min.
Stopped traffic on the A1(M) southbound at J51–J50 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 16:16. Cleared at 18:12 after 1 h 56 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
A1(M) southbound · J51–J50
Obstruction or hazard
Fri 16:16–Fri 18:12 (cleared after 1 h 56 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 2.3 mi
TomTom · Motorway signs
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~29 min
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~19)
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~29)
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: A1(M) southbound between J51 and J50).
Other recent incidents on the A1(M)
- A1(M) closed J42–J41 southbound
- A1(M) reported crash J40–J41 northbound
- A1(M) crash
- A1(M) crash J44–J45 northbound
- 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 J45–J44 southbound
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