M5 crash J31–J30

Cleared Cleared at 17:50 on 2 Oct 2026, after 1 h 6 min.

Crash on the M5 at J31–J30 on Friday 2 October 2026, from 16:44. Cleared at 17:50 after 1 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J31–J30

   Collision

   16:44–17:50 (cleared after 1 h 6 min) · delay ~16 min

   TomTom ×2

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Timeline

1. 16:44 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~20 min
2. 16:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
3. 16:53 TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~19)
4. 17:03 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~12)
5. 17:07 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~21)
6. 17:30 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~20)
7. 17:40 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~24)
8. 17:49 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13)
9. 17:50 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 17:50 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic, Accident
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 crash J19–J20 southbound · 17:03, still reported
• M5 stopped traffic J19–J20 · 16:03, cleared after 14 min
• M5 crash J8 · 14:48, cleared after 1 h 23 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southbound · yesterday 10:45, cleared after 1 h 38 min
• M5 closed J20–J19 northbound · yesterday 05:29, cleared after 1 h
• M5 closed J16 northbound · Wed 21:31, cleared after 8 h 58 min
• M5 closed J17–J16 northbound · Wed 20:21, cleared after 10 h 8 min
• M5 closed J16 northbound · Wed 19:55, cleared after 34 min
• M5 closed J7–J8 southbound · Wed 19:55, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M5 closed J11–J11A southbound · Wed 19:54, cleared after 10 h 35 min

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.