M1 crash J11–J10 southbound

Crash on the M1 southbound at J11–J10 on Saturday 24 October 2026, from 12:18. Cleared at 16:04 after 3 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 16:04 on 24 Oct 2026, after 3 h 45 min

Location

M1 southbound · J11–J10

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~56 min

Sources

TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Sat 12:18 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
2. Sat 12:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. Sat 12:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Sat 12:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. Sat 12:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Sat 12:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. Sat 13:09 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
8. Sat 13:17 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Sat 13:17 All clear: no source reports it any more
10. Sat 13:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
11. Sat 13:31 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. Sat 13:35 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Sat 13:35 All clear: no source reports it any more
14. Sat 13:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
15. Sat 13:45 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8)
16. Sat 13:49 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14)
17. Sat 13:54 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~42 min (was ~21), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
18. Sat 14:08 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
19. Sat 14:17 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~48)
20. Sat 14:49 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
21. Sat 14:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
22. Sat 15:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. Sat 15:32 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. Sat 15:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. Sat 15:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
26. Sat 16:04 TomTom no longer reports it
27. Sat 16:04 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J11 and J10).
• Queuing traffic

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Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J11 and M1 J10.

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