M5 crash J2–J1 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 19:09 on 23 Sept 2026, after 11 h 33 min.
Crash on the M5 northbound at J2–J1 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 07:36. Cleared at 19:09 after 11 h 33 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M5 northbound · J2–J1
Collision
Wed 07:36–Wed 19:09 (cleared after 11 h 33 min) · delay ~7 min · queue 5.3 mi
TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~1 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (4 signs; furthest along: M5 northbound between J2 and J1).
Other recent incidents on the M5
- M5 closed J10–J9
- M5 closed J10–J11 southbound
- M5 closed J12 southbound
- M5 closed J10–J11 southbound
- M5 closed J13–J14 southbound
- M5 closed J11A southbound
- M5 stopped traffic J2–J1
- M5 stopped traffic J20–J19
- M5 stopped traffic J24–J23
- M5 crash J10–J11 southbound
About this page
This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.