A1 stopped traffic J40

Stopped traffic on the A1 at J40 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 11:33. Cleared at 15:04 after 3 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:04 on 26 Oct 2026, after 3 h 31 min

Location

A1 J40

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~40 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Mon 11:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
2. Mon 11:37 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~18)
3. Mon 11:42 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Mon 11:42 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Mon 11:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
6. Mon 11:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
7. Mon 12:14 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
8. Mon 12:23 TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~25)
9. Mon 13:04 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~29 min
10. Mon 13:32 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~22)
11. Mon 13:37 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~9 min (was ~14), “Stationary traffic”
12. Mon 13:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
13. Mon 13:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. Mon 14:18 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
15. Mon 14:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Mon 14:36 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11)
17. Mon 14:41 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. Mon 14:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Mon 15:04 TomTom no longer reports it
20. Mon 15:04 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle
• Stationary 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 traffic26 Oct 2026 11:00 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• A1 crash Watford Way southbound26 Oct 2026 05:09 · cleared after 8 h 19 min

Live traffic and past incidents at A1 J40.

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