M1 stopped traffic J31–J30

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J31–J30 on Monday 12 October 2026, from 07:51. Cleared at 09:28 after 1 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:28 on 12 Oct 2026, after 1 h 36 min

Location

M1 · J31–J30

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~18 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Mon 07:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Mon 07:56 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Mon 07:56 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Mon 08:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
5. Mon 08:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
6. Mon 08:23 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
7. Mon 08:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Mon 08:42 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Mon 08:42 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic”
10. Mon 08:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Mon 08:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. Mon 08:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Mon 09:09 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
14. Mon 09:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Mon 09:28 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Mon 09:28 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

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• M1 stopped traffic J10–J9 southbound20:48 · Live
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• M1 crash J41 southbound18:30 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M1 crash J20–J21 northbound14:49 · cleared after 1 h 13 min
• M1 crash J24 southbound12:56 · cleared after 39 min
• M1 crash J21A–J2110:48 · cleared after 2 h 1 min
• M1 delays J9–J1006:13 · cleared after 3 h 3 min
• M1 crash J9–J10yesterday 21:47 · cleared after 1 h 33 min
• M1 crash J33–J34 northboundyesterday 17:38 · cleared after 1 h 52 min
• M1 crash J21A–J22yesterday 16:34 · cleared after 2 h 4 min

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