M1 stopped traffic J8–J9

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J8–J9 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 22:46. Cleared at 01:17 after 2 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 01:17 on 6 Nov 2026, after 2 h 31 min

Location

M1 J8–J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 22:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
2. yesterday 23:13 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
3. yesterday 23:41 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
4. yesterday 23:45 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
5. yesterday 23:50 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
6. 00:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 00:08 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. 00:22 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13)
9. 00:31 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
10. 00:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. 00:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 00:58 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 01:03 TomTom no longer reports it
14. 01:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
15. 01:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
16. 01:17 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J32–J31 southboundyesterday 18:13 · cleared after 56 min
• M1 crash M1 northboundyesterday 18:10 · cleared after 20 min
• M1 crash M1 northboundyesterday 18:10 · cleared after 2 h 2 min
• M1 reported crash J2–J4 northboundyesterday 18:00 · cleared after 40 min
• M1 crash J4–J5 northboundyesterday 16:07 · cleared after 4 h 47 min
• M1 crash J27–J28 northboundyesterday 16:01 · cleared after 2 h 39 min
• M1 crash J40–J39 southboundyesterday 15:48 · cleared after 2 h 12 min
• M1 crash J15–J15A northboundyesterday 10:18 · cleared after 1 h 20 min
• M1 stopped traffic J12 northboundyesterday 09:37 · cleared after 4 h 31 min
• M1 crash J30 northboundyesterday 06:26 · cleared after 1 h 41 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J8 and M1 J9.

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