M1 stopped traffic J21A–J22

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J21A–J22 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 06:43. Still reported at 08:53 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:43 (2 h 10 min)

Location

M1 · J21A–J22

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~10 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 06:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 07:15 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 07:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 07:29 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. 08:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 08:47 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 reported crash J47–J46 southbound07:47 · cleared after 52 min
• M1 reported crash J26–J25 southbound07:01 · cleared after 37 min
• M1 stopped traffic J13–J12 southbound06:17 · cleared after 1 h 52 min
• M1 stopped traffic J40–J41 northbound06:16 · Live
• M1 delays J11–J1006:03 · Live
• M1 crash J34 southbound04:49 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M1 crash J10–J9 southboundyesterday 19:35 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M1 crash J12–J13yesterday 19:21 · cleared after 27 min
• M1 crash J25–J26 northboundyesterday 16:39 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southboundyesterday 12:24 · cleared after 40 min

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