M1 crash J8–J9 northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J8–J9 on Sunday 1 November 2026, from 14:35. Cleared at 18:34 after 3 h 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 18:34 on 1 Nov 2026, after 3 h 58 min

Location

M1 northbound · J8–J9

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. Sun 14:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Sun 14:40 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Sun 14:40 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Sun 14:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
5. Sun 14:54 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Sun 15:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
7. Sun 15:30 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Sun 15:30 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Sun 15:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
10. Sun 15:44 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Sun 15:53 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Sun 16:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Sun 16:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. Sun 16:33 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
15. Sun 16:39 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~14 min
16. Sun 16:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
17. Sun 17:02 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
18. Sun 17:06 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Sun 17:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
20. Sun 17:15 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
21. Sun 17:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
22. Sun 17:20 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20)
23. Sun 17:31 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
24. Sun 17:52 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
25. Sun 18:15 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
26. Sun 18:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
27. Sun 18:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Accident”
28. Sun 18:34 TomTom no longer reports it
29. Sun 18:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J8 and J9).
• Slow traffic, Accident
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (9 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J8 and J9).

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J42–J43 northboundyesterday 22:32 · cleared after 1 h 21 min
• M1 crash J43–J42 southboundyesterday 20:39 · cleared after 1 h 44 min
• M1 crash J9–J10 northboundyesterday 19:33 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 crash J17–J16 southboundyesterday 15:34 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J34 northboundyesterday 15:09 · cleared after 42 min
• M1 crash J22–J23 northboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J20–J21 northboundyesterday 12:30 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southboundyesterday 08:35 · cleared after 44 min
• M1 stopped traffic J32–J33 northboundyesterday 07:33 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 06:00 · cleared after 3 h 31 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J8 and M1 J9.

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