M1 crash J22–J23 northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J22–J23 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 14:19. Cleared at 03:48 after 13 h 29 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 03:48 on 26 Sept 2026, after 13 h 29 min

Location

M1 northbound · J22–J23

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~236 min

Sources

TomTom ×11 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. Fri 14:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
2. Fri 14:23 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~16)
3. Fri 14:28 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~30)
4. Fri 14:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
5. Fri 14:32 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~52 min (was ~39), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
6. Fri 14:36 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
7. Fri 14:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
8. Fri 14:49 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
9. Fri 14:58 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
10. Fri 15:11 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
11. Fri 15:16 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~46 min (was ~95), “Stationary traffic”
12. Fri 15:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~39 min (reported again)
13. Fri 15:33 TomTom: delay now ~57 min (was ~39)
14. Fri 15:37 TomTom: delay now ~82 min (was ~57)
15. Fri 15:42 TomTom: road closed
16. Fri 15:46 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~36 min
17. Fri 15:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Fri 15:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~153 min (reported again)
19. Fri 16:03 TomTom: delay now ~236 min (was ~30)
20. Fri 16:11 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (reported again)
21. Fri 16:11 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
22. Fri 16:12 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
23. Fri 16:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. Fri 16:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~174 min
25. Fri 16:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
26. Fri 16:34 TomTom: delay now ~50 min (was ~89)
27. Fri 16:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~44 min
28. Fri 16:38 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~50), “Slow traffic”
29. Fri 16:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
30. Fri 16:42 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (reported again)
31. Fri 16:42 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
32. Fri 16:47 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8)
33. Fri 17:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
34. Fri 17:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
35. Fri 17:22 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
36. Fri 17:35 TomTom no longer reports it
37. Fri 17:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
38. Fri 17:52 TomTom no longer reports it
39. Fri 18:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
40. Fri 18:14 TomTom no longer reports it
41. Sat 03:48 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 12 hours, so treated as out of date
42. Sat 03:48 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J22 and J23).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound between J22 and J23).
• Closed
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 closed J25–J24A southboundyesterday 23:06 · cleared after 5 h 24 min
• M1 closed J25–J24A southboundyesterday 21:34 · cleared after 1 h
• M1 crash J45 northboundyesterday 19:23 · cleared after 57 min
• M1 stopped traffic J10–J11 northboundyesterday 16:25 · cleared after 2 h 3 min
• M1 crash J34–J33 southboundyesterday 16:20 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J34–J33 southboundyesterday 13:49 · cleared after 11 min
• M1 crash J32 northboundyesterday 13:48 · cleared after 12 min
• M1 crash J22 northboundyesterday 11:42 · cleared after 57 min
• M1 crash J12–J11A southboundyesterday 10:04 · cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M1 crash J23A–J24 northboundyesterday 06:42 · cleared after 1 h 25 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J22 and M1 J23.

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