M5 crash J5 northbound

Cleared Cleared at 13:35 on 24 Sept 2026, after 42 min.

Crash on the M5 northbound at J5 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 12:53. Cleared at 13:35 after 42 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M5 northbound · J5

   Collision

   Thu 12:53–Thu 13:35 (cleared after 42 min) · delay ~3 min · queue 2.4 mi

   Motorway signs · TomTom

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Timeline

1. Thu 12:53 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
2. Thu 13:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
3. Thu 13:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Thu 13:19 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. Thu 13:23 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Thu 13:35 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
7. Thu 13:35 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 northbound within J5).
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J10–J9 · 10:24, cleared after 1 h 14 min
• M5 closed J10–J11 southbound · yesterday 22:01, cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M5 closed J12 southbound · yesterday 20:19, cleared after 44 min
• M5 closed J10–J11 southbound · yesterday 20:19, cleared after 44 min
• M5 closed J13–J14 southbound · yesterday 20:19, cleared after 44 min
• M5 closed J11A southbound · yesterday 20:19, cleared after 44 min
• M5 stopped traffic J2–J1 · yesterday 16:25, cleared after 35 min
• M5 stopped traffic J20–J19 · yesterday 12:40, cleared after 3 h 47 min
• M5 stopped traffic J24–J23 · yesterday 10:56, cleared after 5 h 13 min
• M5 crash J10–J11 southbound · yesterday 10:55, cleared after 3 h 3 min

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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.