M1 stopped traffic J12–J11A southbound

Cleared Cleared at 13:05 on 14 Oct 2026, after 288 h 4 min.

Stopped traffic on the M1 southbound at J12–J11A on Friday 2 October 2026, from 13:01. Cleared at 13:05 after 288 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M1 southbound · J12–J11A

   Broken-down vehicle

   Fri 13:01–13:05 (cleared after 288 h 4 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 2.7 mi

   Motorway signs · TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~33 min

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Timeline

1. Fri 12:48 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
2. Fri 13:31 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
3. Fri 13:31 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Mon 17:23 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
5. Mon 18:23 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
6. Mon 18:23 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. 11:34 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
8. 12:31 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~33 min
9. 12:40 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Incident”
10. 12:45 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~4 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
11. 12:49 TomTom no longer reports it
12. 13:05 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
13. 13:05 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J12 and J11A).
• Slow traffic

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.