M5 crash J7–J8 southbound

Crash on the M5 southbound at J7–J8 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 15:47. Cleared at 17:47 after 2 h. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:47 on 11 Nov 2026, after 2 h

Location

M5 southbound · J7–J8

Reported as

Collision

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 15:47 Motorway signs: “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD”
2. yesterday 16:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. yesterday 16:33 TomTom no longer reports it
4. yesterday 17:47 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD”
5. yesterday 17:47 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD” (2 signs; furthest along: M5 southbound between J7 and J8).
• Slow traffic

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• M5 crash J3–J2 northbound05:55 · cleared after 55 min
• M5 crash J1 northboundyesterday 19:15 · cleared after 2 h 15 min
• M5 reported crash J20–J19 northboundyesterday 12:44 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M5 crash J8–J7 northboundyesterday 11:23 · cleared after 52 min
• M5 crash J1 southboundyesterday 07:14 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• M5 closed J24–J25 southboundyesterday 03:50 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M5 crash J19–J20Mon 17:20 · cleared after 1 h 59 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J7 and M5 J8.

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