A1 stopped traffic

Cleared Cleared at 15:14 on 25 Sept 2026, after 20 h 40 min.

Stopped traffic on the A1 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 18:34. Cleared at 15:14 after 20 h 40 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

A1

Queueing traffic

Thu 18:34–Fri 15:14 (cleared after 20 h 40 min) · delay ~13 min · queue 4.4 mi

TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

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Timeline

Thu 18:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
Thu 19:01 TomTom no longer reports it
Thu 19:01 All clear: no source reports it any more
Thu 19:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min (reported again)
Thu 19:09 TomTom no longer reports it
Fri 12:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
Fri 12:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
Fri 12:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
Fri 12:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
Fri 15:14 TomTom no longer reports it
Fri 15:14 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1

A1 closed northbound · yesterday 16:05, cleared after 2 h 34 min
A1 closed · Mon 22:24, cleared after 5 h 49 min
A1 stopped traffic · Fri 16:14, cleared after 14 min
A1 crash · Fri 07:14, cleared after 1 h 32 min
A1 crash southbound · Thu 19:30, cleared after 1 h 27 min
A1 closed within the A141 junction northbound · 8 Oct 2026 13:20, cleared after 1 h 17 min
A1 closed · 7 Oct 2026 21:57, cleared after 5 h 54 min
A1 crash northbound · 5 Oct 2026 06:51, cleared after 152 h 48 min
A1 crash Falloden Way southbound · 3 Oct 2026 07:04, cleared after 10 h 29 min
A1 closed · 30 Sept 2026 22:00, cleared after 30 h 52 min

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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.