M1 stopped traffic J8

Cleared Cleared at 14:07 on 26 Sept 2026, after 2 h 59 min.

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J8 on Saturday 26 September 2026, from 11:08. Cleared at 14:07 after 2 h 59 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M1 · J8

   Queueing traffic

   Sat 11:08–Sat 14:07 (cleared after 2 h 59 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 4.0 mi

   TomTom ×4

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

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Timeline

1. Sat 11:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Sat 11:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Sat 12:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. Sat 12:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Sat 12:31 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Sat 12:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Sat 13:01 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Sat 13:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~21 min
9. Sat 13:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Sat 13:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
11. Sat 13:14 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~21), “Slow traffic”
12. Sat 13:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. Sat 13:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
14. Sat 14:07 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Sat 14:07 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J20 northbound · 14:49, still reported
• M1 crash J24 southbound · 12:56, cleared after 39 min
• M1 crash J21A–J21 · 10:48, cleared after 2 h 1 min
• M1 delays J9–J10 · 06:13, cleared after 3 h 3 min
• M1 crash J9–J10 · yesterday 21:47, cleared after 1 h 33 min
• M1 crash J33–J34 northbound · yesterday 17:38, cleared after 1 h 52 min
• M1 crash J21A–J22 · yesterday 16:34, cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M1 closed J33–J32 southbound · yesterday 16:27, cleared after 2 h 12 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northbound · yesterday 16:25, cleared after 6 h 35 min
• M1 closed J31 northbound · yesterday 15:57, cleared after 2 h 13 min

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