M1 crash J15–J14 southbound

Crash on the M1 southbound at J15–J14 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 04:00. Still reported at 06:07 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Live since 04:00 (2 h 7 min)

Location

M1 southbound · J15–J14

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

3 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Delay ~19 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×4 · TomTom ×2 · National Highways ×4

Timeline

1. 04:00 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. 04:24 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT”
3. 04:24 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
4. 04:24 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
5. 04:24 Motorway signs: “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
6. 04:27 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
7. 04:27 National Highways: 3 of 4 lanes closed
8. 04:27 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~15 min
9. 04:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
10. 04:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
11. 04:49 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
12. 04:55 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
13. 04:59 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~19)
14. 05:22 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~11)
15. 05:36 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~19)
16. 05:41 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)
17. 05:55 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~3 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
18. 05:59 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (3 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J15 and J14).
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 southbound between J15 and J14).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J15 and J14).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J15A and J15).
• M1 southbound between J15A and J15
• M1 southbound between J15 and J14
• M1 southbound within J15

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• M1 crash J40–J39 southboundyesterday 18:46 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
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• M1 crash J11yesterday 13:08 · cleared after 1 h 38 min
• M1 crash J17–J18 northboundyesterday 11:57 · cleared after 1 h 53 min

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