M1 stopped traffic J8

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J8 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 13:46. Cleared at 17:54 after 4 h 7 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:54 on 27 Oct 2026, after 4 h 7 min

Location

M1 J8

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~45 min

Sources

TomTom ×7

Timeline

1. Tue 13:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~29 min
2. Tue 13:51 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~29)
3. Tue 14:05 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~33)
4. Tue 14:09 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~45)
5. Tue 14:14 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic”
6. Tue 14:23 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Tue 14:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Tue 14:59 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Tue 15:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Tue 15:59 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Tue 15:59 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Tue 16:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
13. Tue 16:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. Tue 16:13 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Tue 16:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
16. Tue 16:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
17. Tue 16:26 TomTom no longer reports it
18. Tue 16:26 All clear: no source reports it any more
19. Tue 16:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
20. Tue 16:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
21. Tue 16:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Tue 17:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
23. Tue 17:12 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. Tue 17:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
25. Tue 17:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
26. Tue 17:31 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~12)
27. Tue 17:40 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~23)
28. Tue 17:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
29. Tue 17:54 TomTom no longer reports it
30. Tue 17:54 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

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Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J8.

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