M1 delays J8

Long delays on the M1 at J8 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 16:44. Cleared at 19:33 after 2 h 50 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:33 on 22 Oct 2026, after 2 h 50 min

Location

M1 · J8

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. yesterday 16:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. yesterday 16:57 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~6)
3. yesterday 17:06 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~17)
4. yesterday 17:11 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5)
5. yesterday 17:16 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~12)
6. yesterday 17:43 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~5)
7. yesterday 18:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
8. yesterday 19:33 TomTom no longer reports it
9. yesterday 19:33 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J16–J17 northbound02:25 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M1 stopped traffic J11–J10 southboundyesterday 20:00 · cleared after 3 h 18 min
• M1 crash J39–J40 northboundyesterday 19:51 · cleared after 1 h 39 min
• M1 crash J26 northboundyesterday 16:40 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 crash J22–J23 northboundyesterday 16:38 · cleared after 2 h 21 min
• M1 crash J21A–J21 southboundyesterday 13:41 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J14–J13 southboundyesterday 08:13 · cleared after 1 h 14 min
• M1 crash J30–J31 northboundyesterday 02:10 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M1 stopped traffic J8–J9Wed 22:11 · cleared after 1 h 54 min
• M1 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundWed 21:00 · cleared after 2 h 20 min

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