M1 closed J42 southbound

Road closure on the M1 southbound at J42 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 13:34. Cleared at 18:06 after 4 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from National Highways and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:06 on 27 Oct 2026, after 4 h 31 min

Location

M1 southbound · J42

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

Sources

National Highways ×2 · TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Tue 13:34 National Highways: road closed
2. Tue 14:04 National Highways: road closed
3. Tue 14:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
4. Tue 15:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Tue 15:25 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Tue 15:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Tue 15:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. Tue 15:44 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Tue 15:48 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. Tue 16:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~25 min
11. Tue 17:00 National Highways: road reopened
12. Tue 17:06 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~21)
13. Tue 17:11 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
14. Tue 17:15 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Tue 17:24 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Tue 17:24 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. Tue 17:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
18. Tue 18:06 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Tue 18:06 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• link road from M1 J42 southbound exit to M62 J29 roundabout
• M1 southbound between J43 and J42
• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J42–J43 northboundyesterday 22:32 · cleared after 1 h 21 min
• 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 J42.

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