M1 delays J40–J39

Long delays on the M1 at J40–J39 on Monday 9 November 2026, from 07:28. Cleared at 09:04 after 1 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:04 on 9 Nov 2026, after 1 h 36 min

Location

M1 J40–J39

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom ×5

Timeline

1. 07:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 07:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
3. 07:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
4. 08:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 08:04 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
6. 08:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~13 min
7. 08:09 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~20)
8. 08:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
9. 08:41 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~11)
10. 08:45 TomTom no longer reports it
11. 08:45 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. 08:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
13. 09:04 TomTom no longer reports it
14. 09:04 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J21–J21A northbound14:57 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M1 crash J23A–J23 southbound06:45 · cleared after 2 h 24 min
• M1 stopped traffic J11–J1005:58 · cleared after 4 h 16 min
• M1 crash J29 northbound04:53 · cleared after 7 h 10 min
• M1 reported crash J11–J10 southboundyesterday 21:20 · cleared after 39 min
• M1 crash J11yesterday 16:37 · cleared after 41 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 16:14 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• M1 reported crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 16:14 · cleared after 43 min
• M1 crash J28 northboundyesterday 16:12 · cleared after 2 h 37 min
• M1 crash J16–J15A southboundyesterday 13:24 · cleared after 2 h 2 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J40 and M1 J39.

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