M1 stopped traffic J32 northbound
Stopped traffic on the M1 northbound at J32 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 11:15. Still reported at 14:14 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 11:15 (2 h 58 min)
- Location
- M1 northbound · J32
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- Delay
- ~10 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound within J32).
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M1
- M1 crash J15–J15A northbound
- M1 stopped traffic J11–J10
- M1 crash J16–J17 northbound
- M1 stopped traffic J11–J10 southbound
- M1 crash J39–J40 northbound
- M1 delays J8
- M1 crash J26 northbound
- M1 crash J22–J23 northbound
- M1 crash J21A–J21 southbound
- M1 crash J14–J13 southbound
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.