M1 stopped traffic J21A–J22

Cleared Cleared at 09:45 on 13 Oct 2026, after 2 h 54 min.

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J21A–J22 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 06:51. Cleared at 09:45 after 2 h 54 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M1 · J21A–J22

   Queueing traffic

   yesterday 06:51–yesterday 09:45 (cleared after 2 h 54 min) · delay ~13 min · queue 6.0 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

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Timeline

1. yesterday 06:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. yesterday 07:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. yesterday 07:45 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic”
4. yesterday 08:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. yesterday 08:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. yesterday 08:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. yesterday 09:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
8. yesterday 09:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. yesterday 09:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. yesterday 09:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. yesterday 09:45 TomTom no longer reports it
12. yesterday 09:45 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic

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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