M11 stopped traffic J7A northbound
Cleared Cleared at 18:02 on 2 Oct 2026, after 1 h 42 min.
Stopped traffic on the M11 northbound at J7A on Friday 2 October 2026, from 16:21. Cleared at 18:02 after 1 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M11 northbound · J7A
Broken-down vehicle
Fri 16:21–Fri 18:02 (cleared after 1 h 42 min) · delay ~5 min · queue 3.4 mi
TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~92 min
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
- TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~27)
- TomTom: delay now ~55 min (was ~41)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~92 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M11 northbound within J7A).
Other recent incidents on the M11
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- M11 stopped traffic J9–J8
- M11 stopped traffic J5–J4
- M11 reported crash J9–J8 southbound
- M11 crash J6 southbound
- M11 crash J7–J6 southbound
- M11 closed J5–J4 southbound
- M11 reported crash J7A–J8 northbound
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