M1 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 08:09 on 29 Sept 2026, after 2 h 45 min.
Stopped traffic on the M1 northbound at J8–J9 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, from 05:24. Cleared at 08:09 after 2 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M1 northbound · J8–J9
Broken-down vehicle
Tue 05:24–Tue 08:09 (cleared after 2 h 45 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 3.3 mi
Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~42 min
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF FIRE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF FIRE”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~21 min
- TomTom: delay now ~42 min (was ~21)
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~42)
- TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~29)
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~11)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF FIRE” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound within J8).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J8 and J9).
Other recent incidents on the M1
- M1 crash J20 northbound
- M1 crash J24 southbound
- M1 crash J21A–J21
- M1 delays J9–J10
- M1 crash J9–J10
- M1 crash J33–J34 northbound
- M1 crash J21A–J22
- M1 closed J33–J32 southbound
- M1 crash J8–J9 northbound
- M1 closed J31 northbound
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