M5 crash J2–J1

Crash on the M5 at J2–J1 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 10:42. Cleared at 19:21 after 8 h 39 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:21 on 28 Oct 2026, after 8 h 39 min

Location

M5 J2–J1

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom ×9

Timeline

1. Wed 10:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Wed 10:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
3. Wed 10:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
4. Wed 10:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
5. Wed 10:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
6. Wed 11:02 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Wed 11:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Wed 11:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
9. Wed 11:18 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
10. Wed 11:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
11. Wed 11:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
12. Wed 11:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
13. Wed 11:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. Wed 11:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
15. Wed 11:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Wed 11:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. Wed 11:53 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. Wed 11:58 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Wed 12:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. Wed 12:28 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. Wed 12:38 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
22. Wed 12:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
23. Wed 12:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
24. Wed 12:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. Wed 12:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
26. Wed 13:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. Wed 13:34 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
28. Wed 13:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
29. Wed 13:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
30. Wed 13:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
31. Wed 13:59 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
32. Wed 14:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
33. Wed 14:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
34. Wed 14:45 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
35. Wed 14:50 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~8 min
36. Wed 14:50 TomTom: collision, “Accident, Lane closed”
37. Wed 14:55 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
38. Wed 15:00 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~25 min (reported again)
39. Wed 15:05 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
40. Wed 15:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~24 min
41. Wed 16:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
42. Wed 17:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
43. Wed 17:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
44. Wed 17:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
45. Wed 17:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
46. Wed 17:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
47. Wed 17:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
48. Wed 17:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
49. Wed 17:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
50. Wed 17:45 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
51. Wed 18:00 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
52. Wed 18:10 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
53. Wed 18:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
54. Wed 18:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
55. Wed 18:31 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
56. Wed 18:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
57. Wed 18:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
58. Wed 18:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
59. Wed 19:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
60. Wed 19:21 TomTom no longer reports it
61. Wed 19:21 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic, Lane closed
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic, Accident
• Accident, Lane closed
• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed

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

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