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M1 crash J21A–J22 northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J21A–J22 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 13:06. Still reported at 15:47 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status
Live since 13:06 (2 h 40 min)
Location
M1 northbound · J21A–J22
Reported as
Collision
Delay
~8 min
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min
Sources
TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×2
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  4. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  5. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  6. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  7. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  8. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
  9. Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
  11. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  12. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  13. Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
  14. TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~23), “Queuing traffic”
  15. Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  16. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  17. TomTom: now says collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”
  18. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
  19. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  20. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  21. Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
  22. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  23. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
  24. TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
  25. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

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