M5 crash J19–J20 northbound

Crash on the M5 northbound at J19–J20 on Saturday 24 October 2026, from 11:32. Cleared at 02:35 after 16 h 3 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 02:35 on 25 Oct 2026, after 16 h 3 min

Location

M5 northbound · J19–J20

Reported as

Obstruction or hazard

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~69 min

Sources

TomTom ×11 · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. Sat 11:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Sat 11:41 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Sat 11:41 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Sat 11:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
5. Sat 11:51 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Sat 12:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
7. Sat 12:27 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Sat 12:27 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Sat 12:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
10. Sat 12:41 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. Sat 12:46 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Sat 12:46 All clear: no source reports it any more
13. Sat 12:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
14. Sat 13:04 TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Queuing traffic”
15. Sat 13:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
16. Sat 13:08 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
17. Sat 13:13 TomTom no longer reports it
18. Sat 13:13 All clear: no source reports it any more
19. Sat 13:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
20. Sat 13:31 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Sat 13:31 All clear: no source reports it any more
22. Sat 13:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
23. Sat 13:50 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16)
24. Sat 13:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
25. Sat 13:54 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~10)
26. Sat 13:59 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~21 min
27. Sat 14:26 TomTom: delay now ~57 min (was ~43)
28. Sat 15:12 National Highways: road closed
29. Sat 15:41 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
30. Sat 15:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min
31. Sat 15:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
32. Sat 16:00 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~23)
33. Sat 16:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
34. Sat 16:18 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
35. Sat 16:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
36. Sat 16:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
37. Sat 16:32 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
38. Sat 16:45 TomTom no longer reports it
39. Sat 16:59 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Slow traffic”, delay ~2 min
40. Sat 17:04 TomTom no longer reports it
41. Sun 02:35 National Highways: road reopened
42. Sun 02:35 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• M5 northbound between J19 and J18
• Heavy rain, 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 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 J19 and M5 J20.

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