M1 crash J8–J9 northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J8–J9 on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 17:05. Cleared at 20:31 after 3 h 26 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 20:31 on 4 Nov 2026, after 3 h 26 min

Location

M1 northbound · J8–J9

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~83 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 17:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 17:10 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 17:10 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 17:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
5. 17:37 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 17:37 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. 17:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
8. 18:37 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 18:37 All clear: no source reports it any more
10. 18:59 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
11. 19:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
12. 19:09 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
13. 19:13 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~20)
14. 19:31 TomTom: delay now ~54 min (was ~37)
15. 19:36 TomTom: delay now ~83 min (was ~54)
16. 19:50 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~33 min (was ~48), “Stationary traffic”
17. 19:59 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~28)
18. 20:04 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
19. 20:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 20:17 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic”
21. 20:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. 20:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. 20:31 TomTom no longer reports it
24. 20:31 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (5 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J8 and J9).

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 reported crash J5 southbound16:35 · cleared after 58 min
• M1 reported crash J23A northbound16:27 · cleared after 36 min
• M1 closed J4–J2 southbound07:20 · cleared after 2 h 16 min
• M1 delays J11–J1006:10 · cleared after 2 h 58 min
• M1 reported crash J46 southboundyesterday 21:49 · cleared after 40 min
• M1 crash J28–J27 southboundyesterday 19:14 · cleared after 1 h 14 min
• M1 crash J14–J15 southboundyesterday 18:38 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M1 crash J6–J5 southboundyesterday 18:00 · cleared after 1 h 58 min
• M1 crash J14–J15 northboundyesterday 17:02 · cleared after 1 h 55 min
• M1 stopped traffic J11–J11Ayesterday 07:26 · cleared after 1 h 54 min

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

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