M1 crash J22–J21A southbound
Cleared Cleared at 10:22 on 5 Oct 2026, after 3 h 36 min.
Crash on the M1 southbound at J22–J21A on Monday 5 October 2026, from 06:46. Cleared at 10:22 after 3 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M1 southbound · J22–J21A
Collision
yesterday 06:46–yesterday 10:22 (cleared after 3 h 36 min) · delay ~14 min · queue 7.6 mi
TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×2
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~13 min
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (4 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J22 and J21A).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 southbound between J22 and J21A).
Other recent incidents on the M1
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- M1 crash J40–J39 southbound
- M1 closed J35A–J35 southbound
- M1 crash J15–J14 southbound
- M1 crash J26–J25 southbound
- M1 crash J22–J21A southbound
- M1 closed J23 northbound
- M1 closed J23 southbound
- M1 reported crash J6 southbound
- M1 crash J14–J15 northbound
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.