M1 stopped traffic J21A–J21

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J21A–J21 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 16:03. Cleared at 19:11 after 3 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:11 on 27 Oct 2026, after 3 h 8 min

Location

M1 J21A–J21

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~45 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Tue 16:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Tue 16:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Tue 16:12 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
4. Tue 16:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
5. Tue 16:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Tue 16:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
7. Tue 16:40 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. Tue 16:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Tue 16:58 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. Tue 17:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Tue 17:02 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Tue 17:02 All clear: no source reports it any more
13. Tue 17:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
14. Tue 17:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Tue 17:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Tue 17:53 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. Tue 17:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Tue 18:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Tue 18:11 TomTom no longer reports it
20. Tue 18:11 All clear: no source reports it any more
21. Tue 18:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
22. Tue 18:34 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12)
23. Tue 18:43 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~22)
24. Tue 18:48 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~30)
25. Tue 18:57 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~41)
26. Tue 19:06 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~25), “Queuing traffic”
27. Tue 19:11 TomTom no longer reports it
28. Tue 19:11 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

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• M1 crash J20–J21 northboundyesterday 12:30 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southboundyesterday 08:35 · cleared after 44 min
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• M1 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 06:00 · cleared after 3 h 31 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J21A and M1 J21.

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