M1 stopped traffic J26–J25

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J26–J25 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 15:55. Still reported at 17:54 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 15:55 (1 h 59 min)

Location

M1 · J26–J25

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~4 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 15:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
2. 15:59 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~17)
3. 16:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
4. 16:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
5. 16:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 16:45 TomTom: “Slow traffic”

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J12–J13 northbound15:42 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southbound14:59 · cleared after 2 h 54 min
• M1 reported crash J14 southbound11:00 · cleared after 52 min
• M1 crash J39 northbound07:34 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M1 delays J9–J10 northbound06:14 · cleared after 3 h 38 min
• M1 crash J44–J45 northboundyesterday 20:02 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J23–J23A northboundyesterday 17:02 · cleared after 1 h 12 min
• M1 stopped traffic J21A–J21 southboundyesterday 16:38 · cleared after 5 h 25 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 14:48 · cleared after 4 h 54 min
• M1 reported crash J24A–J25 northboundyesterday 12:03 · cleared after 42 min

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