M1 stopped traffic J21A–J22

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J21A–J22 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 06:44. Cleared at 09:20 after 2 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:20 on 27 Oct 2026, after 2 h 36 min

Location

M1 J21A–J22

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Tue 06:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Tue 07:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Tue 07:25 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. Tue 07:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Tue 08:02 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Tue 08:52 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~19), “Queuing traffic”
7. Tue 09:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Tue 09:20 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Tue 09:20 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow 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 J21A and M1 J22.

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