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M1 stopped traffic J12–J13 northbound

Cleared Cleared at 13:47 on 4 Oct 2026, after 67 h 52 min.

Stopped traffic on the M1 northbound at J12–J13 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 17:55. Cleared at 13:47 after 67 h 52 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

  1. M1 northbound · J12–J13

    Broken-down vehicle

    Thu 17:55–Sun 13:47 (cleared after 67 h 52 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 5.0 mi

    Motorway signs · TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

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Timeline

  1. Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min
  3. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  4. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  5. Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
  6. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  7. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  8. TomTom no longer reports it
  9. All clear: no source reports it any more
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
  11. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  12. TomTom no longer reports it
  13. All clear: no source reports it any more
  14. Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
  15. Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
  16. All clear: no source reports it any more
  17. Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
  18. Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
  19. All clear: no source reports it any more

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