M1 closed J12–J13 northbound

Live Still reported at 16:00 UK time, since 13:34 (2 h 27 min).

Road closure on the M1 northbound at J12–J13 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 13:34. Still reported at 16:00 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and National Highways.

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   M1 northbound · J12–J13

   Road closed

   since 13:34 (2 h 27 min) · delay ~98 min · queue 6.6 mi

   TomTom ×6 · National Highways

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Timeline

1. 13:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
2. 13:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 13:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 14:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 14:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 14:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 14:34 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. 14:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
9. 14:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 15:02 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
11. 15:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
12. 15:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
13. 15:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
14. 15:15 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic”
15. 15:15 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~17)
16. 15:34 TomTom: delay now ~52 min (was ~31)
17. 15:39 TomTom: delay now ~74 min (was ~52)
18. 15:41 National Highways: road closed
19. 15:52 TomTom: road closed
20. 15:57 TomTom: delay now ~98 min (was ~74)

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Closed
• M1 J12 northbound exit

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J8–J9 northbound · yesterday 15:45, cleared after 3 h 38 min
• M1 crash J20–J21 northbound · yesterday 12:22, cleared after 1 h 55 min
• M1 crash J27–J26 southbound · yesterday 04:15, cleared after 1 h
• M1 crash J14–J13 southbound · yesterday 00:39, cleared after 2 h 6 min
• M1 crash J30–J31 northbound · Tue 23:49, cleared after 1 h 42 min
• M1 reported crash J12–J13 northbound · Tue 17:06, cleared after 37 min
• M1 crash J9–J10 northbound · Tue 14:12, cleared after 44 h 41 min
• M1 crash J8 southbound · Tue 11:28, cleared after 43 min
• M1 reported crash J36 southbound · Tue 08:26, cleared after 45 min
• M1 reported crash J37–J38 northbound · Tue 08:09, cleared after 2 h 2 min

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