M11 stopped traffic J5–J4

Stopped traffic on the M11 at J5–J4 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 06:43. Cleared at 10:11 after 3 h 28 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 10:11 on 8 Oct 2026, after 3 h 28 min

Location

M11 J5–J4

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~15 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Thu 06:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Thu 06:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Thu 07:24 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10)
4. Thu 07:34 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. Thu 08:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min
6. Thu 08:33 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Thu 08:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
8. Thu 08:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Thu 08:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. Thu 09:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Thu 09:16 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Thu 09:16 All clear: no source reports it any more
13. Thu 09:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
14. Thu 09:20 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Thu 09:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
16. Thu 09:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. Thu 10:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Thu 10:11 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Thu 10:11 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M11

• M11 stopped traffic J5–J418:14 · cleared after 19 min
• M11 crash J14 southboundyesterday 08:25 · cleared after 1 h 46 min
• M11 crash J7A–J8 northboundMon 16:33 · cleared after 2 h 18 min
• M11 reported crash J7A–J7 southboundMon 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

Live traffic and past incidents at M11 J5 and M11 J4.

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