M1 crash J8 southbound

Cleared Cleared at 12:11 on 29 Sept 2026, after 43 min.

Crash on the M1 southbound at J8 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, from 11:28. Cleared at 12:11 after 43 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M1 southbound · J8

   Collision

   11:28–12:11 (cleared after 43 min) · delay ~7 min · queue 2.6 mi

   Motorway signs · TomTom

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Timeline

1. 11:28 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. 11:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
3. 11:58 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
4. 12:03 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
5. 12:07 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 12:11 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
7. 12:11 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound within J8).
• Queuing traffic

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• M1 crash J43–J44 northbound · yesterday 15:07, cleared after 3 h 1 min
• M1 crash J14–J15 northbound · yesterday 14:24, cleared after 46 min
• M1 crash J14–J13 southbound · yesterday 10:11, cleared after 54 min
• M1 reported crash J45 northbound · yesterday 09:20, cleared after 46 min

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