M11 crash J7A–J8 northbound

Crash on the M11 northbound at J7A–J8 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 11:38. Cleared at 16:34 after 4 h 57 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 16:34 on 30 Oct 2026, after 4 h 57 min

Location

M11 northbound · J7A–J8

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~87 min

Sources

TomTom ×9 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. Fri 11:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. Fri 11:48 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. Fri 11:53 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Fri 11:53 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Fri 12:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
6. Fri 12:08 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Fri 12:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Fri 12:18 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
9. Fri 12:43 TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “traffic, Obstruction on the road”
10. Fri 12:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
11. Fri 12:55 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
12. Fri 12:58 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
13. Fri 13:03 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~29 min (was ~21), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
14. Fri 13:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
15. Fri 13:08 TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~29)
16. Fri 13:13 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
17. Fri 13:28 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
18. Fri 13:33 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~49 min (was ~87), “Stationary traffic”
19. Fri 13:33 TomTom: road closed
20. Fri 13:43 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~24)
21. Fri 13:48 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~32)
22. Fri 13:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. Fri 14:02 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
24. Fri 14:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~73 min
25. Fri 14:13 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~26)
26. Fri 14:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~27 min
27. Fri 14:18 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~49)
28. Fri 14:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
29. Fri 14:23 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~17)
30. Fri 14:23 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
31. Fri 14:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
32. Fri 14:49 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16)
33. Fri 15:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
34. Fri 15:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
35. Fri 15:44 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14)
36. Fri 15:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
37. Fri 16:02 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
38. Fri 16:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
39. Fri 16:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
40. Fri 16:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
41. Fri 16:24 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
42. Fri 16:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
43. Fri 16:34 TomTom no longer reports it
44. Fri 16:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic, Obstruction on the road
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (4 signs; furthest along: M11 northbound between J7A and J8).
• Slow traffic
• Closed
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M11 northbound within J8a).

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 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 J8.

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