M1 crash J30 northbound
Crash on the M1 northbound at J30 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 06:26. Cleared at 08:07 after 1 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 08:07 on 5 Nov 2026, after 1 h 41 min
- Location
- M1 northbound · J30
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- At its worst
- Delay ~19 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~19 min
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, delay now ~9 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound within J30).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound within J30).
Other recent incidents on the M1
- M1 crash J8–J9 northbound
- M1 reported crash J5 southbound
- M1 reported crash J23A northbound
- M1 closed J4–J2 southbound
- M1 delays J11–J10
- M1 reported crash J46 southbound
- M1 crash J28–J27 southbound
- M1 crash J14–J15 southbound
- M1 crash J6–J5 southbound
- M1 crash J14–J15 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J30.
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