M11 stopped traffic J5–J4

Stopped traffic on the M11 at J5–J4 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 06:27. Cleared at 09:41 after 3 h 13 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:41 on 21 Oct 2026, after 3 h 13 min

Location

M11 · J5–J4

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 06:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 06:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 06:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 07:36 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. 07:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 07:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. 09:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 09:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 09:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 09:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 09:41 TomTom no longer reports it
13. 09:41 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M11

• M11 crash J8 northboundSun 15:17 · cleared after 48 min
• M11 crash J7–J6 southboundSat 21:16 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M11 stopped traffic J5–J4Sat 15:47 · cleared after 37 min
• M11 crash J5–J4Sat 13:09 · cleared after 42 min
• M11 reported crash J7A–J7 southboundFri 09:00 · cleared after 51 min
• M11 reported crash J9–J8 southboundFri 08:11 · cleared after 39 min
• M11 stopped traffic13 Oct 2026 09:41 · cleared after 28 min
• M11 stopped traffic J5–J413 Oct 2026 06:38 · cleared after 3 h
• M11 stopped traffic J1412 Oct 2026 09:57 · cleared after 14 min
• M11 stopped traffic J9–J86 Oct 2026 09:13 · cleared after 32 min

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