M11 crash J7A–J8 northbound
Crash on the M11 northbound at J7A–J8 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 16:33. Cleared at 18:51 after 2 h 18 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 18:51 on 2 Nov 2026, after 2 h 18 min
- Location
- M11 northbound · J7A–J8
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~90 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs ×3
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~23)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~90 min (was ~69), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~88 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~35 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~58 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~44 min
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident, Accident”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~32), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~24 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M11 northbound between J7A and J8).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M11 northbound between J7A and J8).
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (2 signs; furthest along: M11 northbound between J7A and J8).
Other recent incidents on the M11
- M11 reported crash J7A–J7 southbound
- M11 reported crash J9–J8 southbound
- M11 closed J6 southbound
- M11 crash J8–J7A
- M11 stopped traffic J5–J4
- M11 crash J7A–J7 southbound
- M11 stopped traffic J6
- M11 crash J7A–J8 northbound
- M11 crash J9–J8 southbound
- M11 crash J14 southbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M11 J7A and M11 J8.
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