A1 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A1 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 12:37. Cleared at 14:28 after 1 h 51 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 14:28 on 30 Oct 2026, after 1 h 51 min

Location

A1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Fri 12:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
2. Fri 12:47 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~18)
3. Fri 12:57 TomTom: delay now ~47 min (was ~35)
4. Fri 13:12 TomTom: delay now ~58 min (was ~42)
5. Fri 13:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
6. Fri 13:22 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. Fri 13:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Fri 13:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
9. Fri 13:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. Fri 13:42 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~11)
11. Fri 13:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
12. Fri 14:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
13. Fri 14:22 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic”
14. Fri 14:28 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Fri 14:28 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1

• A1 stopped trafficFri 16:11 · cleared after 2 h 41 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 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

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