M1 stopped traffic J22–J21A

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J22–J21A on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 08:13. Cleared at 09:18 after 1 h 5 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:18 on 20 Oct 2026, after 1 h 5 min

Location

M1 · J22–J21A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~76 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 08:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
2. 08:22 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~15)
3. 08:31 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~25)
4. 08:36 TomTom: delay now ~65 min (was ~39)
5. 08:45 TomTom: delay now ~50 min (was ~76)
6. 08:50 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~50)
7. 08:54 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~30)
8. 08:59 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
9. 09:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 09:18 TomTom no longer reports it
11. 09:18 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 reported crash J22–J23 northbound08:01 · cleared after 43 min
• M1 crash J34–J35 northbound07:35 · cleared after 39 min
• M1 crash J36–J37 northbound07:31 · cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M1 reported crash J29A northbound06:56 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 delays J1006:29 · Live
• M1 crash J4–J5 northboundyesterday 21:23 · cleared after 1 h 19 min
• M1 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundyesterday 21:06 · cleared after 2 h 13 min
• M1 crash J28–J29 northboundyesterday 09:18 · cleared after 20 h 56 min
• M1 crash J27–J28 northboundyesterday 09:09 · cleared after 1 h
• M1 crash J17–J16 southboundyesterday 08:33 · cleared after 3 h 6 min

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