M5 crash J1 southbound

Crash on the M5 southbound at J1 on Tuesday 3 November 2026, from 13:31. Still reported at 17:53 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 13:31 (4 h 22 min)

Location

M5 southbound · J1

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~19 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom ×10 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. 13:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. 13:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 13:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 14:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
5. 14:26 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. 14:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 14:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
8. 14:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
9. 14:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
10. 14:49 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. 14:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
12. 14:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 14:54 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~5)
14. 14:58 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
15. 15:03 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. 15:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 15:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. 15:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. 15:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
20. 15:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
21. 15:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. 15:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. 15:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
24. 15:53 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~4)
25. 16:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
26. 16:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. 16:34 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
28. 16:34 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
29. 16:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min (reported again)
30. 16:44 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. 16:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
32. 16:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
33. 16:57 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
34. 16:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
35. 17:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
36. 17:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~24 min (reported again)
37. 17:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
38. 17:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
39. 17:16 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
40. 17:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
41. 17:20 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
42. 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
43. 17:27 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
44. 17:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
45. 17:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
46. 17:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
47. 17:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
48. 17:44 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~25 min (reported again)
49. 17:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min (reported again)
50. 17:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J8 and J7).
• Stationary traffic, Accident
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M5 southbound between J1 and J2).

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 crash J2–J3 northbound12:34 · cleared after 52 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southbound08:03 · cleared after 52 min
• M5 reported crash J7–J8 southbound01:00 · cleared after 53 min
• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northbound00:52 · cleared after 31 min
• M5 reported crash J16–J15 northboundyesterday 23:18 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southboundyesterday 17:51 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M5 crash J6–J7 southboundyesterday 17:44 · cleared after 37 min
• M5 closed J24–J23Sun 23:32 · cleared after 37 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 southboundSun 17:33 · cleared after 1 h 23 min
• M5 stopped traffic J20–J19 northboundSun 16:07 · cleared after 2 h 9 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J1.

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