M1 closed J26

Road closure on the M1 at J26 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 21:43. Cleared at 21:59 after 15 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 21:59 on 27 Oct 2026, after 15 min

Location

M1 J26

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Tue 21:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Tue 21:43 TomTom: road closed
3. Tue 21:59 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Tue 21:59 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Closed

Other recent incidents on the M1

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• M1 crash J43–J42 southboundyesterday 20:39 · cleared after 1 h 44 min
• M1 crash J9–J10 northboundyesterday 19:33 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 crash J17–J16 southboundyesterday 15:34 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J34 northboundyesterday 15:09 · cleared after 42 min
• M1 crash J22–J23 northboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J20–J21 northboundyesterday 12:30 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southboundyesterday 08:35 · cleared after 44 min
• M1 stopped traffic J32–J33 northboundyesterday 07:33 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 06:00 · cleared after 3 h 31 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J26.

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