M1 stopped traffic J9–J8 southbound

Stopped traffic on the M1 southbound at J9–J8 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 20:58. Cleared at 23:28 after 2 h 29 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 23:28 on 29 Oct 2026, after 2 h 29 min

Location

M1 southbound · J9–J8

Reported as

Incident

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~42 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. Thu 20:58 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
2. Thu 21:58 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
3. Thu 21:58 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Thu 22:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~31 min
5. Thu 22:22 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Thu 22:22 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Thu 22:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~42 min (reported again)
8. Thu 22:42 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Thu 22:42 All clear: no source reports it any more
10. Thu 22:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
11. Thu 22:52 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~26)
12. Thu 22:57 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~12)
13. Thu 23:07 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~23)
14. Thu 23:17 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Thu 23:17 All clear: no source reports it any more
16. Thu 23:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
17. Thu 23:28 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (5 signs; furthest along: M1 southbound between J9 and J8).
• Stationary 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 J8.

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