A1 stopped traffic

Cleared Cleared at 16:28 on 9 Oct 2026, after 14 min.

Stopped traffic on the A1 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 16:14. Cleared at 16:28 after 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A1

   Queueing traffic

   16:14–16:28 (cleared after 14 min) · delay ~23 min · queue 2.7 mi

   TomTom

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Timeline

1. 16:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
2. 16:28 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 16:28 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the A1

• A1 crash · 07:14, cleared after 1 h 32 min
• A1 crash southbound · yesterday 19:30, cleared after 1 h 27 min
• A1 closed within the A141 junction northbound · yesterday 13:20, cleared after 1 h 17 min
• A1 closed · Wed 21:57, cleared after 5 h 54 min
• A1 reported crash northbound · Mon 06:42, cleared after 39 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
• A1 crash Mill Hill Circus northbound · 30 Sept 2026 09:56, cleared after 16 min
• A1 stopped traffic · 28 Sept 2026 16:37, cleared after 46 min
• A1 closed · 24 Sept 2026 22:16, cleared after 6 h 44 min

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