M5 crash J19–J20 southbound
Crash on the M5 southbound at J19–J20 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 16:33. Cleared at 17:52 after 1 h 19 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 17:52 on 28 Oct 2026, after 1 h 19 min
- Location
- M5 southbound · J19–J20
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min
- Sources
- TomTom · Motorway signs ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12)
- TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~18)
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 southbound between J19 and J20).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 southbound between J19 and J20).
Other recent incidents on the M5
- M5 reported crash J7–J8 southbound
- M5 reported crash J10–J9 northbound
- M5 reported crash J16–J15 northbound
- M5 crash J7–J8 southbound
- M5 crash J6–J7 southbound
- M5 closed J24–J23
- M5 crash J3–J2 southbound
- M5 stopped traffic J20–J19 northbound
- M5 reported crash J13–J14 southbound
- M5 crash J8–J7 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J19 and M5 J20.
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