M1 crash J9–J10 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 00:41 on 6 Oct 2026, after 2 h 6 min.
Crash on the M1 southbound at J9–J10 on Monday 5 October 2026, from 22:35. Cleared at 00:41 after 2 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M1 southbound · J9–J10
Collision
yesterday 22:35–00:41 (cleared after 2 h 6 min) · delay ~7 min
Motorway signs · TomTom
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~9 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~10), “Queuing traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~7)
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident, Lane closed”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J10 and J9).
- Stationary traffic, Incident, Lane closed
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