M1 crash J11–J11A northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J11–J11A on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 06:11. Cleared at 10:51 after 4 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 10:51 on 12 Nov 2026, after 4 h 41 min

Location

M1 northbound · J11–J11A

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~48 min

Sources

TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs ×4

Timeline

1. 06:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 06:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 06:24 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 07:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 07:10 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 07:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 07:28 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. 07:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 07:56 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 07:58 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11. 08:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 08:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 08:20 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
14. 08:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
15. 08:23 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~19 min
16. 08:23 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~16)
17. 08:28 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. 08:28 TomTom: delay now ~42 min (was ~19)
19. 08:32 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
20. 08:37 TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~48)
21. 08:41 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
22. 08:41 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~33)
23. 08:46 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~22)
24. 08:50 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
25. 08:51 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
26. 08:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
27. 09:09 TomTom no longer reports it
28. 09:51 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
29. 09:51 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
30. 10:51 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
31. 10:51 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J11 and J11A).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J11 and J11A).
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound between J11 and J11A).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound within J11).

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 stopped traffic J36–J37 northbound13:45 · Live
• M1 crash J11 northbound11:03 · cleared after 1 h 49 min
• M1 crash J24A northbound07:14 · cleared after 27 min
• M1 crash J16–J17 northbound06:39 · cleared after 40 min
• M1 crash J6A–J8 northboundyesterday 22:39 · cleared after 39 min
• M1 reported crash J23A northboundyesterday 19:28 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 stopped traffic J16–J17 northboundyesterday 19:28 · cleared after 5 h 51 min
• M1 crash J21A–J21 southboundyesterday 18:50 · cleared after 1 h 19 min
• M1 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 16:59 · cleared after 51 min
• M1 closed J6A–J6 southboundyesterday 10:44 · cleared after 42 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J11 and M1 J11A.

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