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M1 crash J8–J9 northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J8–J9 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 06:00. Cleared at 09:32 after 3 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status
Cleared 09:32 on 2 Nov 2026, after 3 h 31 min
Location
M1 northbound · J8–J9
Reported as
Collision
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~39 min
Sources
Motorway signs · TomTom ×2
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Timeline

  1. Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  3. TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~7)
  4. TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14)
  5. TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~9)
  6. Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
  7. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  8. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
  11. TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~25), “Slow traffic”
  12. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  13. TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~9), “Queuing traffic”
  14. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  15. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  16. TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~18), “Slow traffic”
  17. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  18. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  19. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  20. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
  21. TomTom no longer reports it
  22. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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