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.
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
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- 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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About this page
This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.