M1 crash J24A northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J24A on Friday 6 November 2026, from 17:06. Still reported at 19:52 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.

Status

Live since 17:06 (2 h 46 min)

Location

M1 northbound · J24A

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~53 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. 17:06 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. 17:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
3. 17:17 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~17)
4. 17:30 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
5. 17:49 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
6. 17:50 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
7. 17:53 TomTom: delay now ~53 min (was ~36)
8. 17:58 TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~53)
9. 18:25 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~32)
10. 18:26 National Highways: lane closure lifted
11. 18:27 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
12. 18:30 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~10 min (was ~19), “Queuing traffic”
13. 18:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
14. 18:39 TomTom no longer reports it
15. 18:45 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
16. 19:20 National Highways: lane closure lifted

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound within J24).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: link road from A50 eastbound to M1 J24A northbound).
• M1 northbound between J24A and J25
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 stopped traffic J6A–J816:27 · cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M1 crash J15A–J16 northbound16:01 · cleared after 44 min
• M1 crash J11A–J12 northbound15:04 · cleared after 3 h 11 min
• M1 crash J31 northbound12:05 · cleared after 2 h 50 min
• M1 crash J36–J37 northbound11:44 · cleared after 1 h
• M1 crash J37–J38 northbound10:56 · cleared after 1 h 48 min
• M1 stopped traffic J8–J9yesterday 22:46 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M1 crash J32–J31 southboundyesterday 18:13 · cleared after 56 min
• M1 crash M1 northboundyesterday 18:10 · cleared after 20 min
• M1 crash M1 northboundyesterday 18:10 · cleared after 2 h 2 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J24A.

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