M1 stopped traffic J13–J12

Cleared Cleared at 01:47 on 26 Sept 2026, after 39 min.

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J13–J12 on Saturday 26 September 2026, from 01:08. Cleared at 01:47 after 39 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M1 · J13–J12

   Queueing traffic

   Sat 01:08–Sat 01:47 (cleared after 39 min) · delay ~14 min · queue 2.6 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

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Timeline

1. Sat 01:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~17 min
2. Sat 01:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. Sat 01:34 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
4. Sat 01:47 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Sat 01:47 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic, Lane closed

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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