M1 crash J11 southbound

Crash on the M1 southbound at J11 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 04:30. Cleared at 06:34 after 2 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 06:34 on 23 Sept 2026, after 2 h 4 min

Location

M1 southbound · J11

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~76 min

Sources

TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Wed 04:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min
2. Wed 04:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min
3. Wed 04:41 TomTom: collision, “Incident”
4. Wed 04:51 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
5. Wed 04:57 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~19), “Queuing traffic”
6. Wed 04:58 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Broken down vehicle”
7. Wed 05:11 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
8. Wed 05:24 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~20)
9. Wed 05:38 TomTom: delay now ~76 min (was ~26)
10. Wed 05:54 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11. Wed 06:00 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Broken down vehicle”
12. Wed 06:02 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, delay now ~11 min (was ~24), “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
13. Wed 06:06 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic, Broken down vehicle”
14. Wed 06:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
15. Wed 06:34 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Wed 06:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Incident
• Broken down vehicle
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M1 J11 southbound exit).
• Slow traffic, Broken down vehicle

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 closed J25–J24A southboundyesterday 23:06 · cleared after 5 h 24 min
• M1 closed J25–J24A southboundyesterday 21:34 · cleared after 1 h
• M1 crash J45 northboundyesterday 19:23 · cleared after 57 min
• M1 stopped traffic J10–J11 northboundyesterday 16:25 · cleared after 2 h 3 min
• M1 crash J34–J33 southboundyesterday 16:20 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J34–J33 southboundyesterday 13:49 · cleared after 11 min
• M1 crash J32 northboundyesterday 13:48 · cleared after 12 min
• M1 crash J22 northboundyesterday 11:42 · cleared after 57 min
• M1 crash J12–J11A southboundyesterday 10:04 · cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M1 crash J23A–J24 northboundyesterday 06:42 · cleared after 1 h 25 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J11.

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