A1 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A1 on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 07:16. Cleared at 09:38 after 2 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:38 on 4 Nov 2026, after 2 h 22 min

Location

A1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 07:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 07:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 08:06 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 08:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 08:20 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14), “Stationary traffic”
6. 08:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 08:38 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. 08:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 09:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 09:38 TomTom no longer reports it
11. 09:38 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1

• A1 closed04:13 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• A1 closed03:18 · cleared after 14 min
• A1 stopped trafficFri 16:11 · cleared after 2 h 41 min
• A1 stopped trafficFri 12:37 · cleared after 1 h 51 min
• A1 closed29 Oct 2026 01:23 · cleared after 2 h 41 min
• A1 closed28 Oct 2026 20:25 · cleared after 3 h 37 min
• A1 closed28 Oct 2026 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

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