M1 crash J8–J9 northbound
Crash on the M1 northbound at J8–J9 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 13:11. Cleared at 20:26 after 7 h 15 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 20:26 on 29 Oct 2026, after 7 h 15 min
- Location
- M1 northbound · J8–J9
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~158 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×12
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~30 min
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~28), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
- TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~22 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~30)
- TomTom: delay now ~71 min (was ~39)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: delay now ~103 min (was ~71)
- TomTom: delay now ~158 min (was ~115)
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~131 min (was ~87)
- TomTom: delay now ~72 min (was ~131)
- TomTom: delay now ~50 min (was ~72)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~50)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (9 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J9 and J10).
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound between J8 and J9).
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (5 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J8 and J9).
Other recent incidents on the M1
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- M1 crash J43–J42 southbound
- M1 crash J9–J10 northbound
- M1 crash J17–J16 southbound
- M1 crash J34 northbound
- M1 crash J22–J23 northbound
- M1 crash J20–J21 northbound
- M1 crash J37–J36 southbound
- M1 stopped traffic J32–J33 northbound
- M1 crash J8–J9 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J8 and M1 J9.
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