A1 crash

Crash on the A1 on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 17:07. Cleared at 18:34 after 1 h 28 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:34 on 15 Oct 2026, after 1 h 28 min

Location

A1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~43 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 17:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
2. 17:57 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
3. 17:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
4. 18:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. 18:06 TomTom: delay now ~43 min (was ~31)
6. 18:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 18:11 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. 18:16 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
9. 18:25 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~30)
10. 18:29 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
11. 18:34 TomTom no longer reports it
12. 18:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1

• A1 stopped traffic northbound12:25 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• A1 crash Northway Circus southbound07:13 · cleared after 27 min
• A1 closed northboundTue 16:05 · cleared after 2 h 34 min
• A1 closedMon 22:24 · cleared after 5 h 49 min
• A1 stopped traffic9 Oct 2026 16:14 · cleared after 14 min
• A1 crash9 Oct 2026 07:14 · cleared after 1 h 32 min
• A1 crash southbound8 Oct 2026 19:30 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• A1 closed within the A141 junction northbound8 Oct 2026 13:20 · cleared after 1 h 17 min
• A1 closed7 Oct 2026 21:57 · cleared after 5 h 54 min
• A1 crash northbound5 Oct 2026 06:51 · cleared after 152 h 48 min

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