M1 crash J26–J27 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 18:33 on 2 Oct 2026, after 3 h 21 min.
Crash on the M1 northbound at J26–J27 on Friday 2 October 2026, from 15:11. Cleared at 18:33 after 3 h 21 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M1 northbound · J26–J27
Collision
15:11–18:33 (cleared after 3 h 21 min) · delay ~5 min · queue 3.4 mi
TomTom · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~21)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound between J26 and J27).
Other recent incidents on the M1
- M1 stopped traffic J14–J13 southbound
- M1 crash J21A–J22 northbound
- M1 crash J22–J23 northbound
- M1 crash J21A–J21 southbound
- M1 reported crash J26–J27 northbound
- M1 crash J31–J30 northbound
- M1 crash J11–J11A northbound
- M1 crash J8–J9 northbound
- M1 crash J20–J21 northbound
- M1 crash J27–J26 southbound
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