M11 closed J5–J4

Road closure on the M11 at J5–J4 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 17:11. Cleared at 19:17 after 2 h 7 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:17 on 28 Oct 2026, after 2 h 7 min

Location

M11 J5–J4

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Wed 17:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Wed 17:17 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Wed 17:17 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Wed 17:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
5. Wed 17:27 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Wed 17:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
7. Wed 17:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. Wed 17:47 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Wed 17:47 All clear: no source reports it any more
10. Wed 17:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
11. Wed 18:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Wed 18:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
13. Wed 18:32 TomTom: road closed
14. Wed 18:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. Wed 18:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
16. Wed 19:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
17. Wed 19:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Wed 19:17 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Wed 19:17 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Closed

Other recent incidents on the M11

• M11 crash J7A–J8 northboundyesterday 16:33 · cleared after 2 h 18 min
• M11 reported crash J7A–J7 southboundyesterday 02:13 · cleared after 1 h 5 min
• M11 reported crash J9–J8 southboundSun 17:25 · cleared after 1 h 20 min
• M11 closed J6 southboundSun 11:18 · cleared after 1 h 10 min
• M11 crash J8–J7ASat 09:53 · cleared after 50 min
• M11 stopped traffic J5–J4Fri 18:35 · cleared after 1 h 17 min
• M11 crash J7A–J7 southboundFri 16:43 · cleared after 2 h 47 min
• M11 stopped traffic J6Fri 13:14 · cleared after 3 h 45 min
• M11 crash J7A–J8 northboundFri 11:38 · cleared after 4 h 57 min
• M11 crash J9–J8 southboundThu 18:10 · cleared after 56 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M11 J5 and M11 J4.

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