M1 stopped traffic J20–J21

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J20–J21 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 14:28. Cleared at 18:34 after 4 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:34 on 30 Oct 2026, after 4 h 6 min

Location

M1 J20–J21

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min

Sources

TomTom ×7

Timeline

1. Fri 14:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Fri 14:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Fri 14:38 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Fri 14:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. Fri 14:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
6. Fri 15:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Fri 15:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
8. Fri 15:33 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Fri 15:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Fri 15:48 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. Fri 16:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Fri 16:38 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
13. Fri 16:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
14. Fri 16:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
15. Fri 17:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Fri 17:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. Fri 17:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Fri 17:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Fri 17:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min
20. Fri 17:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
21. Fri 17:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
22. Fri 17:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
23. Fri 17:49 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic”
24. Fri 17:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. Fri 17:59 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
26. Fri 18:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. Fri 18:24 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
28. Fri 18:34 TomTom no longer reports it
29. Fri 18:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J42–J43 northboundyesterday 22:32 · cleared after 1 h 21 min
• M1 crash J43–J42 southboundyesterday 20:39 · cleared after 1 h 44 min
• M1 crash J9–J10 northboundyesterday 19:33 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 crash J17–J16 southboundyesterday 15:34 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J34 northboundyesterday 15:09 · cleared after 42 min
• M1 crash J22–J23 northboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J20–J21 northboundyesterday 12:30 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southboundyesterday 08:35 · cleared after 44 min
• M1 stopped traffic J32–J33 northboundyesterday 07:33 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 06:00 · cleared after 3 h 31 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J20 and M1 J21.

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