M1 crash J6–J5 southbound
Crash on the M1 southbound at J6–J5 on Tuesday 3 November 2026, from 18:00. Cleared at 19:58 after 1 h 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 19:58 on 3 Nov 2026, after 1 h 58 min
- Location
- M1 southbound · J6–J5
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~78 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~59 min (was ~45)
- TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~78)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~29 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Stationary traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 southbound between J6 and J5).
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Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J6 and M1 J5.
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