M1 stopped traffic J8–J9

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J8–J9 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 22:11. Still reported at 23:51 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 22:11 (1 h 40 min)

Location

M1 · J8–J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~12 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~51 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 22:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. 22:16 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 22:20 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10)
4. 22:39 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
5. 22:43 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~20)
6. 23:11 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~19)
7. 23:15 TomTom: delay now ~51 min (was ~36)
8. 23:20 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~51)

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 stopped traffic J10–J9 southbound21:00 · cleared after 2 h 20 min
• M1 reported crash J42 southbound18:51 · cleared after 1 h 33 min
• M1 crash J16–J17 northbound18:35 · cleared after 1 h 52 min
• M1 stopped traffic J8 southbound16:55 · cleared after 3 h 28 min
• M1 stopped traffic J26–J2515:55 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• 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

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