M1 crash J22–J21A southbound
Crash on the M1 southbound at J22–J21A on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 14:36. Cleared at 19:35 after 4 h 59 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 19:35 on 29 Oct 2026, after 4 h 59 min
- Location
- M1 southbound · J22–J21A
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- Road closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×4 · TomTom ×8 · National Highways ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “PEDESTRIANS ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs no longer show “PEDESTRIANS ON SLIP ROAD”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- National Highways: 1 of 5 lanes closed
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- National Highways: 1 of 5 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~18)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~26)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: road closed
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11)
- TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~24)
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~38)
- TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~14)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “PEDESTRIANS ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound between J20 and J21).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound within J21).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J22 and J21A).
- M1 northbound between J21 and J21A
- Stationary traffic
- Closed
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J21A and J22).
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M1
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- M1 crash J43–J42 southbound
- M1 crash J9–J10 northbound
- M1 crash J17–J16 southbound
- M1 crash J34 northbound
- M1 crash J22–J23 northbound
- M1 crash J20–J21 northbound
- M1 crash J37–J36 southbound
- M1 stopped traffic J32–J33 northbound
- M1 crash J8–J9 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J22 and M1 J21A.
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.