M5 crash J7–J8 southbound

Live Still reported at 12:12 UK time, since 10:45 (1 h 27 min).

Crash on the M5 southbound at J7–J8 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 10:45. Still reported at 12:12 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

1. !

   M5 southbound · J7–J8

   Collision

   since 10:45 (1 h 27 min)

   Motorway signs · TomTom

See the M5 on the live map M5 traffic now

Timeline

1. 10:45 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. 11:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. 11:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 11:42 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 12:01 TomTom no longer reports it

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 southbound between J7 and J8).
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J20–J19 northbound · 05:29, cleared after 1 h
• M5 closed J16 northbound · yesterday 21:31, cleared after 8 h 58 min
• M5 closed J17–J16 northbound · yesterday 20:21, cleared after 10 h 8 min
• M5 closed J16 northbound · yesterday 19:55, cleared after 34 min
• M5 closed J7–J8 southbound · yesterday 19:55, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M5 closed J11–J11A southbound · yesterday 19:54, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M5 closed J5–J6 southbound · yesterday 19:54, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M5 closed J7–J8 southbound · yesterday 19:54, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M5 closed J5–J6 southbound · yesterday 19:54, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M5 closed J14–J15 southbound · yesterday 19:43, cleared after 10 h 46 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.