M5 crash J3–J2 southbound

Crash on the M5 southbound at J3–J2 on Sunday 1 November 2026, from 17:33. Cleared at 18:56 after 1 h 23 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 18:56 on 1 Nov 2026, after 1 h 23 min

Location

M5 southbound · J3–J2

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~34 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Sun 17:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Sun 17:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Sun 17:41 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
4. Sun 17:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. Sun 17:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Sun 18:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Sun 18:05 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~16)
8. Sun 18:10 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
9. Sun 18:14 TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~26)
10. Sun 18:28 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~24)
11. Sun 18:33 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Sun 18:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. Sun 18:45 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
14. Sun 18:56 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Sun 18:56 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Accident
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M5 southbound between J2 and J3).
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 reported crash J7–J8 southbound01:00 · cleared after 53 min
• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northbound00:52 · cleared after 31 min
• M5 reported crash J16–J15 northboundyesterday 23:18 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southboundyesterday 17:51 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M5 crash J6–J7 southboundyesterday 17:44 · cleared after 37 min
• M5 closed J24–J23Sun 23:32 · cleared after 37 min
• M5 stopped traffic J20–J19 northboundSun 16:07 · cleared after 2 h 9 min
• M5 reported crash J13–J14 southboundSun 15:59 · cleared after 46 min
• M5 crash J8–J7 northboundSun 13:26 · cleared after 2 h 18 min
• M5 stopped traffic J1 southboundSun 11:38 · cleared after 1 h 52 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J3 and M5 J2.

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