A1 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A1 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 11:00. Cleared at 12:59 after 1 h 59 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:59 on 26 Oct 2026, after 1 h 59 min

Location

A1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Mon 11:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
2. Mon 11:09 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic”
3. Mon 11:59 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~16)
4. Mon 12:13 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
5. Mon 12:17 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Mon 12:18 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Mon 12:18 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Mon 12:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
9. Mon 12:49 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Mon 12:49 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. Mon 12:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min (reported again)
12. Mon 12:59 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1

• A1 stopped trafficFri 16:11 · cleared after 2 h 41 min
• A1 stopped trafficFri 12:37 · cleared after 1 h 51 min
• A1 closedThu 01:23 · cleared after 2 h 41 min
• A1 closedWed 20:25 · cleared after 3 h 37 min
• A1 closedWed 05:06 · cleared after 45 min
• A1 closed27 Oct 2026 20:51 · cleared after 7 h 25 min
• A1 closed27 Oct 2026 03:41 · cleared after 1 h 29 min
• A1 stopped traffic26 Oct 2026 13:35 · cleared after 55 min
• A1 stopped traffic J4026 Oct 2026 11:33 · cleared after 3 h 31 min
• A1 crash Watford Way southbound26 Oct 2026 05:09 · cleared after 8 h 19 min

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