M11 crash J7A–J7 southbound

Crash on the M11 southbound at J7A–J7 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 16:43. Cleared at 19:30 after 2 h 47 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:30 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 47 min

Location

M11 southbound · J7A–J7

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~78 min

Sources

TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Fri 16:43 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. Fri 16:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
3. Fri 16:49 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~29 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
4. Fri 16:54 TomTom: delay now ~46 min (was ~29)
5. Fri 17:04 TomTom: delay now ~75 min (was ~48)
6. Fri 17:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
7. Fri 17:14 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~3)
8. Fri 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
9. Fri 17:29 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~8)
10. Fri 17:34 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~3)
11. Fri 17:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
12. Fri 18:09 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
13. Fri 18:28 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
14. Fri 18:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
15. Fri 18:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
16. Fri 18:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
17. Fri 18:50 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~10)
18. Fri 19:05 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
19. Fri 19:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. Fri 19:15 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. Fri 19:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Fri 19:25 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. Fri 19:30 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Fri 19:30 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M11 southbound between J7A and J7).
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

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 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
• M11 crash J14 southboundThu 11:21 · cleared after 4 h 35 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M11 J7A and M11 J7.

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