M18 crash J2–J1 southbound
Crash on the M18 southbound at J2–J1 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 15:32. Cleared at 18:51 after 3 h 20 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 18:51 on 2 Nov 2026, after 3 h 20 min
- Location
- M18 southbound · J2–J1
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~118 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~17)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~118 min (was ~79)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min
- TomTom: delay now ~80 min (was ~118)
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~58 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~58)
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M18 southbound between J2 and J1).
Other recent incidents on the M18
- M18 stopped traffic J2–J1
- M18 reported crash J2 northbound
- M18 delays J2
- M18 crash J3 northbound
- M18 closed J6–J7 northbound
- M18 closed J4–J5 northbound
- M18 closed J6–J5 southbound
- M18 closed J1–J2 northbound
- M18 stopped traffic J1–J2
- M18 crash J1–J2 southbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M18 J2 and M18 J1.
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