M1 stopped traffic J6A–J8

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J6A–J8 on Friday 6 November 2026, from 16:27. Cleared at 18:44 after 2 h 17 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:44 on 6 Nov 2026, after 2 h 17 min

Location

M1 J6A–J8

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. 16:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 16:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 16:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 16:59 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
5. 17:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min
6. 17:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
7. 17:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
8. 18:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 18:22 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 18:26 TomTom no longer reports it
11. 18:26 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. 18:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
13. 18:40 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. 18:44 TomTom no longer reports it
15. 18:44 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic

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• M1 crash J24A northbound17:06 · Live
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• M1 crash J37–J38 northbound10:56 · cleared after 1 h 48 min
• M1 stopped traffic J8–J9yesterday 22:46 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M1 crash J32–J31 southboundyesterday 18:13 · cleared after 56 min
• M1 crash M1 northboundyesterday 18:10 · cleared after 20 min
• M1 crash M1 northboundyesterday 18:10 · cleared after 2 h 2 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J6A and M1 J8.

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