M5 crash J10–J9 northbound

Crash on the M5 northbound at J10–J9 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 09:31. Cleared at 15:53 after 6 h 23 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:53 on 30 Oct 2026, after 6 h 23 min

Location

M5 northbound · J10–J9

Reported as

Incident

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~41 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom ×11

Timeline

1. Fri 09:07 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
2. Fri 09:41 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~12 min
3. Fri 09:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
4. Fri 10:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Incident”
5. Fri 10:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
6. Fri 10:17 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Incident”
7. Fri 10:37 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~13)
8. Fri 10:57 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~21)
9. Fri 11:02 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~28)
10. Fri 11:12 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~18)
11. Fri 12:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
12. Fri 13:43 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
13. Fri 13:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
14. Fri 13:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
15. Fri 13:53 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
16. Fri 13:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
17. Fri 13:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
18. Fri 14:02 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
19. Fri 14:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~20 min
20. Fri 14:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
21. Fri 14:08 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~20), “Stationary traffic”
22. Fri 14:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
23. Fri 14:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~4 min
24. Fri 14:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
25. Fri 14:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
26. Fri 14:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
27. Fri 14:48 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
28. Fri 14:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
29. Fri 14:58 TomTom: “traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
30. Fri 15:53 TomTom no longer reports it
31. Fri 15:53 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 northbound between J10 and J9).
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic, Hard shoulder closed
• Slow traffic, Hard shoulder 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 J10 and M5 J9.

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