M1 stopped traffic J11–J10 southbound

Cleared Cleared at 15:39 on 9 Oct 2026, after 82 h 6 min.

Stopped traffic on the M1 southbound at J11–J10 on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 05:33. Cleared at 15:39 after 82 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M1 southbound · J11–J10

   Broken-down vehicle

   Tue 05:33–Fri 15:39 (cleared after 82 h 6 min) · delay ~22 min · queue 13.5 mi

   Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×4

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~40 min

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Timeline

1. Tue 05:33 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
2. Tue 06:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
3. Tue 06:06 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Tue 06:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Tue 06:38 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Tue 06:51 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
7. Tue 06:56 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Tue 06:57 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
9. Tue 07:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~26 min
10. Tue 07:05 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. Tue 07:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Tue 07:33 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
13. Tue 07:40 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14. Tue 07:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. Tue 07:55 TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~29), “Stationary traffic”
16. Tue 08:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Tue 08:09 TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~27), “Stationary traffic”
18. Tue 08:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Tue 08:28 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
20. Tue 08:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
21. Tue 08:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Tue 08:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
23. Tue 08:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
24. Tue 09:04 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~37)
25. Tue 09:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
26. Tue 09:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
27. Tue 09:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
28. Tue 09:32 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~16)
29. Tue 09:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
30. Tue 09:54 TomTom no longer reports it
31. Tue 09:54 All clear: no source reports it any more
32. Fri 15:09 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
33. Fri 15:39 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
34. Fri 15:39 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (4 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound within J8).
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J11 and J10).

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J20 northbound · 14:49, still reported
• M1 crash J24 southbound · 12:56, cleared after 39 min
• M1 crash J21A–J21 · 10:48, cleared after 2 h 1 min
• M1 delays J9–J10 · 06:13, cleared after 3 h 3 min
• M1 crash J9–J10 · yesterday 21:47, cleared after 1 h 33 min
• M1 crash J33–J34 northbound · yesterday 17:38, cleared after 1 h 52 min
• M1 crash J21A–J22 · yesterday 16:34, cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M1 closed J33–J32 southbound · yesterday 16:27, cleared after 2 h 12 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northbound · yesterday 16:25, cleared after 6 h 35 min
• M1 closed J31 northbound · yesterday 15:57, cleared after 2 h 13 min

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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.