M1 stopped traffic J9–J10 northbound

Stopped traffic on the M1 northbound at J9–J10 on Sunday 25 October 2026, from 17:25. Cleared at 08:59 after 15 h 34 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:59 on 26 Oct 2026, after 15 h 34 min

Location

M1 northbound · J9–J10

Reported as

Incident

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×9

Timeline

1. Sun 17:25 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
2. Sun 17:25 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
3. Sun 17:25 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
4. Sun 19:00 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
5. Sun 19:05 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. Mon 06:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
7. Mon 06:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Mon 06:28 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Mon 06:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
10. Mon 06:46 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~4), “Queuing traffic”
11. Mon 06:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Mon 07:00 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~3), “Queuing traffic”
13. Mon 07:01 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
14. Mon 07:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
15. Mon 07:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Mon 07:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
17. Mon 07:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Mon 07:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
19. Mon 07:41 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~5)
20. Mon 07:45 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20)
21. Mon 07:55 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
22. Mon 07:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
23. Mon 08:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. Mon 08:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
25. Mon 08:17 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~7)
26. Mon 08:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
27. Mon 08:31 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~14)
28. Mon 08:59 TomTom no longer reports it
29. Mon 08:59 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (10 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J9 and J10).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (6 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J9 and J10).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound between J9 and J10).
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M1

• M1 crash J42–J43 northboundyesterday 22:32 · cleared after 1 h 21 min
• M1 crash J43–J42 southboundyesterday 20:39 · cleared after 1 h 44 min
• M1 crash J9–J10 northboundyesterday 19:33 · cleared after 49 min
• M1 crash J17–J16 southboundyesterday 15:34 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J34 northboundyesterday 15:09 · cleared after 42 min
• M1 crash J22–J23 northboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 47 min
• M1 crash J20–J21 northboundyesterday 12:30 · cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M1 crash J37–J36 southboundyesterday 08:35 · cleared after 44 min
• M1 stopped traffic J32–J33 northboundyesterday 07:33 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M1 crash J8–J9 northboundyesterday 06:00 · cleared after 3 h 31 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M1 J9 and M1 J10.

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