M5 crash J8–J7 northbound

Crash on the M5 northbound at J8–J7 on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 12:20. Cleared at 13:15 after 54 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 13:15 on 15 Oct 2026, after 54 min

Location

M5 northbound · J8–J7

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Delay ~5 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. 12:20 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. 12:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. 12:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 12:59 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 13:15 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
6. 13:15 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northboundyesterday 10:03 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M5 crash J11A–J11 northboundyesterday 07:50 · cleared after 50 min
• M5 closed J24–J23yesterday 02:47 · cleared after 2 h 54 min
• M5 crash J25–J24 southboundTue 16:07 · cleared after 7 h 54 min
• M5 stopped traffic J6–J5Tue 07:28 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M5 closed J24–J23Tue 01:26 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M5 stopped traffic J24–J23Mon 21:37 · cleared after 1 h 32 min
• M5 stopped traffic J10–J11Mon 16:15 · cleared after 42 min
• M5 stopped traffic J4A–J5 southboundMon 16:03 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 northboundMon 10:29 · cleared after 2 h 23 min

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