M1 crash J12–J13

Crash on the M1 at J12–J13 on Sunday 18 October 2026, from 19:21. Cleared at 19:49 after 27 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:49 on 18 Oct 2026, after 27 min

Location

M1 · J12–J13

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~37 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 19:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. 19:26 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~20 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
3. 19:31 TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~20)
4. 19:35 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
5. 19:40 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~35)
6. 19:44 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~21)
7. 19:49 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 19:49 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

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• M1 crash J10–J9 southbound19:35 · Live
• M1 crash J25–J26 northbound16:39 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southbound12:24 · cleared after 40 min
• M1 closed J16–J17 northboundyesterday 21:28 · cleared after 4 h 20 min
• M1 crash J11–J11A northboundyesterday 14:20 · cleared after 39 min
• M1 crash J11 southboundyesterday 11:50 · cleared after 2 h 9 min
• M1 crash J19–J18 southboundyesterday 09:43 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M1 stopped traffic J12–J13 northboundyesterday 08:22 · cleared after 2 h 9 min
• M1 crash J27–J26 southboundyesterday 04:39 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 reported crash J10 southboundFri 22:18 · cleared after 1 h 6 min

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