M1 crash J8

Crash on the M1 at J8 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 09:46. Cleared at 10:27 after 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 10:27 on 11 Nov 2026, after 41 min

Location

M1 J8

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~40 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 09:46 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~11 min
2. 09:51 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
3. 09:55 TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~8)
4. 10:00 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~40)
5. 10:09 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 10:09 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. 10:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
8. 10:27 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 10:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J8 southbound08:33 · cleared after 12 min
• M1 crash J21A–J22 northbound06:43 · cleared after 3 h 39 min
• M1 stopped traffic J11–J10 southbound06:07 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M1 crash J21–J20 southbound05:53 · cleared after 50 min
• M1 closed J25–J24A southboundyesterday 23:06 · cleared after 5 h 24 min
• M1 closed J25–J24A southboundyesterday 21:34 · cleared after 1 h
• M1 crash J45 northboundyesterday 19:23 · cleared after 57 min
• M1 stopped traffic J10–J11 northboundyesterday 16:25 · cleared after 2 h 3 min
• M1 crash J34–J33 southboundyesterday 16:20 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J34–J33 southboundyesterday 13:49 · cleared after 11 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J8.

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