M1 crash J22–J21A southbound

Cleared Cleared at 17:14 on 9 Oct 2026, after 3 h 14 min.

Crash on the M1 southbound at J22–J21A on Friday 9 October 2026, from 13:59. Cleared at 17:14 after 3 h 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

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   M1 southbound · J22–J21A

   Collision

   13:59–17:14 (cleared after 3 h 14 min) · delay ~14 min · queue 4.4 mi

   TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs

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Timeline

1. 13:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 14:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
3. 14:13 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 14:13 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. 14:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
6. 14:50 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 14:50 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. 14:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
9. 15:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
10. 15:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. 15:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
12. 15:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 15:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. 15:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 15:55 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
16. 15:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 15:56 Motorway signs: “COLLISION AHEAD”
18. 16:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
19. 16:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
20. 16:04 TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~23)
21. 16:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
22. 16:09 TomTom: delay now ~47 min (was ~33)
23. 16:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
24. 16:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. 16:27 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~33)
26. 16:32 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~23), “Queuing traffic”
27. 16:37 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
28. 16:39 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION AHEAD”
29. 16:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
30. 16:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
31. 17:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
32. 17:04 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic”
33. 17:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
34. 17:14 TomTom no longer reports it
35. 17:14 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION AHEAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 southbound between J22 and J21A).

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J23–J22 southbound · 16:32, cleared after 1 h 7 min
• M1 stopped traffic J12–J13 · 16:19, cleared after 28 min
• M1 crash J15A northbound · 12:23, cleared after 2 h 1 min
• M1 closed J28–J27 · 00:44, cleared after 1 h 49 min
• M1 reported crash J47–J48 northbound · yesterday 19:15, cleared after 42 min
• M1 stopped traffic J15–J14 southbound · yesterday 17:35, cleared after 1 h 49 min
• M1 delays J14–J15 northbound · yesterday 16:12, cleared after 3 h 19 min
• M1 crash J15A–J15 southbound · yesterday 07:59, cleared after 1 h 55 min
• M1 reported crash J17–J18 northbound · yesterday 05:23, cleared after 9 h 33 min
• M1 closed J28–J27 · Wed 22:17, cleared after 46 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.