M1 crash J12–J11A southbound

Crash on the M1 southbound at J12–J11A on Sunday 1 November 2026, from 16:57. Cleared at 19:15 after 2 h 18 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:15 on 1 Nov 2026, after 2 h 18 min

Location

M1 southbound · J12–J11A

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~51 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Sun 16:57 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~6 min
2. Sun 17:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
3. Sun 17:20 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~14)
4. Sun 17:25 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Sun 17:25 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. Sun 17:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
7. Sun 17:34 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. Sun 17:43 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
9. Sun 17:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. Sun 17:53 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11. Sun 17:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Sun 18:06 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
13. Sun 18:11 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
14. Sun 18:29 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
15. Sun 18:34 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~21)
16. Sun 18:38 TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~31)
17. Sun 18:45 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
18. Sun 18:47 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~51)
19. Sun 18:52 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
20. Sun 19:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
21. Sun 19:15 TomTom no longer reports it
22. Sun 19:15 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (5 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound at the Toddington services slip road between J12 and J11A).

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 J12 and M1 J11A.

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