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M1 stopped traffic J9

Cleared Cleared at 19:15 on 8 Oct 2026, after 2 h 8 min.

Stopped traffic on the M1 at J9 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 17:07. Cleared at 19:15 after 2 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

  1. M1 · J9

    Queueing traffic

    Thu 17:07–Thu 19:15 (cleared after 2 h 8 min) · delay ~8 min · queue 7.6 mi

    TomTom ×4

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
  3. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  5. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  6. TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
  7. TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~16)
  8. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  9. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
  10. TomTom no longer reports it
  11. All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

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