M5 crash J2–J1 northbound
Crash on the M5 northbound at J2–J1 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 11:36. Cleared at 20:59 after 9 h 23 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 20:59 on 22 Oct 2026, after 9 h 23 min
- Location
- M5 northbound · J2–J1
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~83 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×5
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~38 min
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~38)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~21)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: delay now ~46 min (was ~35)
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J8 and J9).
- Queuing traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 northbound between J2 and J1).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 northbound between J1 and M6).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: link road from M6 J8 northbound to M5 southbound).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 J1 southbound exit).
Other recent incidents on the M5
- M5 crash J1 southbound
- M5 crash J19–J20
- M5 closed J12 southbound
- M5 reported crash J25–J24 northbound
- M5 closed J10–J11 southbound
- M5 closed J12 southbound
- M5 closed J11A southbound
- M5 closed J13–J14 southbound
- M5 crash J19–J20 southbound
- M5 stopped traffic J10–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.