M1 crash J22–J21A

Live Still reported at 17:07 UK time, since 16:03 (1 h 4 min).

Crash on the M1 at J22–J21A on Sunday 4 October 2026, from 16:03. Still reported at 17:07 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M1 · J22–J21A

   Collision

   since 16:03 (1 h 4 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 4.5 mi

   TomTom ×2

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Timeline

1. 16:03 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~27 min
2. 16:08 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~27)
3. 16:17 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~28)
4. 16:22 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 16:22 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. 16:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic, Incident
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 closed J23 northbound · 15:29, cleared after 1 h 26 min
• M1 closed J23 southbound · 15:29, cleared after 1 h 12 min
• M1 reported crash J6 southbound · 14:05, cleared after 43 min
• M1 crash J14–J15 northbound · 07:14, cleared after 2 h 2 min
• M1 crash J2–J1 southbound · yesterday 20:01, cleared after 5 h 32 min
• M1 reported crash J42–J43 northbound · yesterday 09:57, cleared after 41 min
• M1 reported crash J20–J21 northbound · yesterday 09:51, cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J38–J37 southbound · yesterday 02:16, cleared after 2 h
• M1 stopped traffic J14–J13 southbound · Fri 17:25, cleared after 1 h 29 min
• M1 crash J26–J27 northbound · Fri 15:11, cleared after 3 h 21 min

About this page

This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.