M5 crash J10–J11 southbound

Crash on the M5 southbound at J10–J11 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 10:55. Cleared at 13:58 after 3 h 3 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 13:58 on 25 Sept 2026, after 3 h 3 min

Location

M5 southbound · J10–J11

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

1 lane closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~45 min

Sources

TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Fri 10:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. Fri 10:59 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~11)
3. Fri 11:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
4. Fri 11:30 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
5. Fri 12:14 Motorway signs: “M5 J10-J11 LANE CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION”
6. Fri 12:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Fri 12:52 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~15)
8. Fri 13:01 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Fri 13:01 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
10. Fri 13:06 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. Fri 13:10 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~12)
12. Fri 13:11 Motorway signs no longer show “M5 J10-J11 LANE CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION”
13. Fri 13:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
14. Fri 13:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
15. Fri 13:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
16. Fri 13:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
17. Fri 13:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Fri 13:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
19. Fri 13:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
20. Fri 13:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
21. Fri 13:58 TomTom no longer reports it
22. Fri 13:58 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “M5 J10-J11 LANE CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION” (2 signs; e.g. M5 southbound between J7 and J8). Marker placed near M5 J10–J11 using the signs there, so it is approximate.

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J24–J25 southbound03:50 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M5 crash J19–J20Mon 17:20 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M5 reported crash J25 southboundSun 19:51 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M5 crash J26–J27 southboundSun 18:37 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M5 crash J19–J20 southboundSat 15:29 · cleared after 52 min
• M5 closed J30–J31 southboundSat 08:13 · cleared after 1 h 53 min
• M5 crash J8 northboundFri 18:57 · cleared after 48 min
• M5 reported crash J25 southboundFri 13:30 · cleared after 44 min
• M5 reported crash J3–J4 southboundThu 08:23 · cleared after 44 min
• M5 stopped traffic J1 northbound4 Nov 2026 18:21 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J10 and M5 J11.

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.