M1 crash J8–J9 northbound
Crash on the M1 northbound at J8–J9 on Sunday 8 November 2026, from 16:14. Cleared at 17:55 after 1 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 17:55 on 8 Nov 2026, after 1 h 41 min
- Location
- M1 northbound · J8–J9
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs · TomTom
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~19 min (was ~30), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (9 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J8 and J9).
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M1
- M1 reported crash J14–J13 southbound
- M1 reported crash J13–J14 northbound
- M1 crash J21–J21A northbound
- M1 delays J40–J39
- M1 crash J23A–J23 southbound
- M1 stopped traffic J11–J10
- M1 crash J29 northbound
- M1 reported crash J11–J10 southbound
- M1 crash J11
- M1 reported crash J8–J9 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J8 and M1 J9.
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