M1 stopped traffic J12–J13 northbound

Stopped traffic on the M1 northbound at J12–J13 on Sunday 27 September 2026, from 12:48. Cleared at 15:48 after 3 h. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:48 on 27 Sept 2026, after 3 h

Location

M1 northbound · J12–J13

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~77 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Sun 12:48 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
2. Sun 13:31 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
3. Sun 13:31 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Sun 13:51 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
5. Sun 13:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
6. Sun 14:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
7. Sun 14:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Sun 14:08 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Sun 14:17 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~12)
10. Sun 14:26 TomTom: delay now ~43 min (was ~33)
11. Sun 14:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Sun 14:31 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
13. Sun 14:35 TomTom: delay now ~77 min (was ~52)
14. Sun 14:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Sun 14:40 TomTom: delay now ~53 min (was ~77)
16. Sun 14:49 TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~50)
17. Sun 14:53 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, delay now ~19 min (was ~34), “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
18. Sun 14:58 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
19. Sun 15:03 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~18)
20. Sun 15:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. Sun 15:12 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
22. Sun 15:48 TomTom no longer reports it
23. Sun 15:48 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J12 and J13).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (5 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J12 and J13).

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 stopped traffic J36–J37 northbound13:45 · Live
• M1 crash J11 northbound11:03 · cleared after 1 h 49 min
• M1 crash J24A northbound07:14 · cleared after 27 min
• M1 crash J16–J17 northbound06:39 · cleared after 40 min
• M1 crash J11–J11A northbound06:11 · cleared after 4 h 41 min
• M1 crash J6A–J8 northboundyesterday 22:39 · cleared after 39 min
• M1 reported crash J23A northboundyesterday 19:28 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 stopped traffic J16–J17 northboundyesterday 19:28 · cleared after 5 h 51 min
• M1 crash J21A–J21 southboundyesterday 18:50 · cleared after 1 h 19 min
• M1 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 16:59 · cleared after 51 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J12 and M1 J13.

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