M5 crash J1–J2

Crash on the M5 at J1–J2 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 05:14. Cleared at 07:50 after 2 h 37 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 07:50 on 28 Oct 2026, after 2 h 37 min

Location

M5 J1–J2

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~51 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Wed 05:14 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~20 min
2. Wed 05:19 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~20)
3. Wed 05:24 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~28)
4. Wed 05:39 TomTom: delay now ~43 min (was ~32)
5. Wed 05:49 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~32 min (was ~51), “Stationary traffic”
6. Wed 05:59 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Wed 05:59 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Wed 06:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min (reported again)
9. Wed 06:14 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16)
10. Wed 06:19 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10)
11. Wed 06:24 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~17)
12. Wed 06:29 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Wed 06:29 All clear: no source reports it any more
14. Wed 06:35 TomTom: road closed, “Bridge closed”
15. Wed 06:50 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Wed 06:50 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. Wed 06:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
18. Wed 07:00 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Wed 07:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
20. Wed 07:05 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
21. Wed 07:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
22. Wed 07:45 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
23. Wed 07:50 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Wed 07:50 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Bridge closed
• Queuing traffic, Lane closed

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 crash J3–J2 southboundSun 17:33 · cleared after 1 h 23 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

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J1 and M5 J2.

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