M5 crash J20–J19

Crash on the M5 at J20–J19 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 13:31. Cleared at 16:46 after 3 h 16 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:46 on 28 Oct 2026, after 3 h 16 min

Location

M5 J20–J19

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~88 min

Sources

TomTom ×9

Timeline

1. Wed 13:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. Wed 13:41 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
3. Wed 13:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
4. Wed 13:51 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~20 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
5. Wed 13:51 TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~23)
6. Wed 13:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~47 min
7. Wed 13:56 TomTom: delay now ~68 min (was ~38)
8. Wed 14:01 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~47)
9. Wed 14:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
10. Wed 14:16 TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~76)
11. Wed 14:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
12. Wed 14:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. Wed 14:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
14. Wed 14:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
15. Wed 15:27 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Wed 15:27 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. Wed 15:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
18. Wed 15:37 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Wed 16:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
20. Wed 16:11 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Wed 16:11 All clear: no source reports it any more
22. Wed 16:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
23. Wed 16:36 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Wed 16:36 All clear: no source reports it any more
25. Wed 16:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
26. Wed 16:46 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Stationary traffic, Incident
• Slow traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed

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 J20 and M5 J19.

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