M11 crash J9–J8 southbound

Crash on the M11 southbound at J9–J8 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 18:10. Cleared at 19:06 after 56 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:06 on 29 Oct 2026, after 56 min

Location

M11 southbound · J9–J8

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~43 min

Sources

TomTom · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Thu 18:10 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. Thu 18:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
3. Thu 18:36 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~19)
4. Thu 18:41 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~28)
5. Thu 18:57 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
6. Thu 19:06 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Thu 19:06 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M11 southbound between J9 and J8).

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

Live traffic and past incidents at M11 J9 and M11 J8.

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