A1 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A1 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 07:22. Cleared at 09:22 after 2 h. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:22 on 19 Oct 2026, after 2 h

Location

A1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~41 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 07:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 07:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 07:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
4. 07:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
5. 08:04 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
6. 08:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min
7. 08:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 08:17 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~19)
9. 08:31 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~41)
10. 08:40 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic”
11. 08:45 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 09:22 TomTom no longer reports it
13. 09:22 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1

• A1 stopped traffic07:06 · cleared after 2 h 27 min
• A1 crashThu 17:07 · cleared after 1 h 28 min
• A1 stopped traffic northboundThu 12:25 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• A1 crash Northway Circus southboundThu 07:13 · cleared after 27 min
• A1 closed northboundTue 16:05 · cleared after 2 h 34 min
• A1 closed12 Oct 2026 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

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