M40 closed J1A–J2 southbound
Road closure on the M40 southbound at J1A–J2 on Monday 9 November 2026, from 06:01. Cleared at 09:06 after 3 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 09:06 on 9 Nov 2026, after 3 h 6 min
- Location
- M40 southbound · J1A–J2
- Reported as
- Road closed
- Lanes
- Road closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~74 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: road closed
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~62 min
- TomTom: delay now ~74 min (was ~22)
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M40 southbound between J2 and J1A).
- Closed
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M40 southbound between J2 and J1A).
Other recent incidents on the M40
- M40 stopped traffic J2–J1A southbound
- M40 reported crash J9 southbound
- M40 reported crash J9 southbound
- M40 reported crash J3A northbound
- M40 reported crash J11 northbound
- M40 crash J5–J4 northbound
- M40 reported crash J11–J10 southbound
- M40 reported crash J11 northbound
- M40 crash J5–J4 southbound
- M40 reported crash J11–J10 southbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M40 J1A and M40 J2.
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