M1 crash J26–J27 northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J26–J27 on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 15:59. Still reported at 17:51 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 15:59 (1 h 52 min)

Location

M1 northbound · J26–J27

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~11 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~143 min

Sources

TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 15:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. 16:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 16:17 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 16:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. 16:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
6. 16:28 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
7. 16:31 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~10)
8. 16:35 TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~28)
9. 16:40 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~69 min (was ~48), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
10. 16:58 TomTom: delay now ~127 min (was ~85)
11. 17:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
12. 17:03 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
13. 17:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 17:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~76 min
15. 17:07 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~102)
16. 17:12 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. 17:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~82 min
18. 17:12 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic”
19. 17:16 TomTom: delay now ~143 min (was ~3), “Stationary traffic”
20. 17:21 TomTom: delay now ~82 min (was ~143)
21. 17:23 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
22. 17:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~52 min
23. 17:30 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~69), “Queuing traffic”
24. 17:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
25. 17:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
26. 17:44 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~23)

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J26 and J27).
• Stationary traffic

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• M1 crash J11–J11A northbound06:11 · cleared after 4 h 41 min
• M1 crash J6A–J8 northboundyesterday 22:39 · cleared after 39 min
• M1 reported crash J23A northboundyesterday 19:28 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 stopped traffic J16–J17 northboundyesterday 19:28 · cleared after 5 h 51 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J26 and M1 J27.

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