M1 stopped traffic J8–J9

Cleared Cleared at 00:03 on 24 Sept 2026, after 1 h 46 min.

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J8–J9 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 22:17. Cleared at 00:03 after 1 h 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

M1 · J8–J9

Queueing traffic

Wed 22:17–Thu 00:03 (cleared after 1 h 46 min) · delay ~10 min · queue 2.5 mi

TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

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Timeline

Wed 22:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
Wed 22:45 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~14)
Wed 23:24 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~23)
Wed 23:32 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~10)
Wed 23:37 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
Wed 23:41 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
Wed 23:45 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~10), “Queuing traffic”
Wed 23:50 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic”
Thu 00:03 TomTom no longer reports it
Thu 00:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

Stationary 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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