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M1 crash J8–J9 northbound

Cleared Cleared at 20:39 on 24 Sept 2026, after 5 h.

Crash on the M1 northbound at J8–J9 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 15:38. Cleared at 20:39 after 5 h. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

  1. M1 northbound · J8–J9

    Collision

    Thu 15:38–Thu 20:39 (cleared after 5 h) · delay ~18 min · queue 14.0 mi

    TomTom ×6 · Motorway signs

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Timeline

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

What the sources said

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