M1 crash J22–J21A northbound

Crash on the M1 northbound at J22–J21A on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 06:43. Still reported at 08:56 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:43 (2 h 13 min)

Location

M1 northbound · J22–J21A

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~21 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~46 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 06:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 06:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 07:28 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 08:00 TomTom: delay now ~46 min (was ~18)
5. 08:05 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~46)
6. 08:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
7. 08:23 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~11)
8. 08:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 08:27 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~18)
10. 08:35 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
11. 08:46 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~17 min (was ~25), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
12. 08:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic, Accident
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J21A and J22).

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J8 southbound08:33 · cleared after 12 min
• M1 stopped traffic J11–J10 southbound06:07 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M1 crash J21–J20 southbound05:53 · cleared after 50 min
• M1 closed J25–J24A southboundyesterday 23:06 · cleared after 5 h 24 min
• M1 closed J25–J24A southboundyesterday 21:34 · cleared after 1 h
• M1 crash J45 northboundyesterday 19:23 · cleared after 57 min
• M1 stopped traffic J10–J11 northboundyesterday 16:25 · cleared after 2 h 3 min
• M1 crash J34–J33 southboundyesterday 16:20 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J34–J33 southboundyesterday 13:49 · cleared after 11 min
• M1 crash J32 northboundyesterday 13:48 · cleared after 12 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J22 and M1 J21A.

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