M1 crash J11 southbound

Crash on the M1 southbound at J11 on Saturday 17 October 2026, from 11:50. Still reported at 13:37 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Live since 11:50 (1 h 48 min)

Location

M1 southbound · J11

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 11:50 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 11:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
3. 12:08 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~21 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
4. 12:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
5. 12:18 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~26)
6. 12:22 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~16)
7. 12:27 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~26)
8. 12:28 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
9. 12:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
10. 12:36 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
11. 12:59 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
12. 13:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 13:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
14. 13:17 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
15. 13:27 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 13:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (7 signs; furthest along: M1 J11 southbound exit).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound between J11 and J11A).

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J19–J18 southbound09:43 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M1 stopped traffic J12–J13 northbound08:22 · cleared after 2 h 9 min
• M1 crash J27–J26 southbound04:39 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 reported crash J10 southboundyesterday 22:18 · cleared after 1 h 6 min
• M1 crash J33–J32 southboundyesterday 22:11 · cleared after 3 h 15 min
• M1 crash J22–J23 northboundyesterday 18:22 · cleared after 3 h 2 min
• M1 crash J41–J42 northboundyesterday 15:54 · cleared after 2 h 30 min
• M1 crash J22–J21A northboundyesterday 14:30 · cleared after 3 h 36 min
• M1 crash J21A–J22 northboundyesterday 13:06 · cleared after 4 h 27 min
• M1 crash J8 southboundyesterday 10:29 · cleared after 9 h 54 min

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