M1 crash J22–J21A northbound
Crash on the M1 northbound at J22–J21A on Friday 16 October 2026, from 14:30. Cleared at 18:06 after 3 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 18:06 on 16 Oct 2026, after 3 h 36 min
- Location
- M1 northbound · J22–J21A
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~39 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~18)
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~20 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~23), “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
Source reports
- Queuing traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J23 and J23A).
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
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- M1 crash J11 southbound
- M1 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M1 stopped traffic J12–J13 northbound
- M1 crash J27–J26 southbound
- M1 reported crash J10 southbound
- M1 crash J33–J32 southbound
- M1 crash J22–J23 northbound
- M1 crash J41–J42 northbound
- M1 crash J21A–J22 northbound
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