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M5 stopped traffic J10–J11

Cleared Cleared at 15:02 on 2 Oct 2026, after 1 h 56 min.

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J10–J11 on Friday 2 October 2026, from 13:06. Cleared at 15:02 after 1 h 56 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

  1. M5 · J10–J11

    Queueing traffic

    Fri 13:06–Fri 15:02 (cleared after 1 h 56 min) · delay ~6 min · queue 3.9 mi

    TomTom ×3

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~43 min

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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
  3. TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~23)
  4. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  5. TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “traffic, Vehicle fire”
  6. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
  7. TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~43)
  8. TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~23), “Queuing traffic”
  9. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
  10. TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~15)
  11. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  13. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  14. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
  15. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  16. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  17. TomTom no longer reports it
  18. All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

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