M5 stopped traffic J11A–J12

Cleared Cleared at 13:31 on 8 Oct 2026, after 1 h 59 min.

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J11A–J12 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 11:32. Cleared at 13:31 after 1 h 59 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J11A–J12

   Queueing traffic

   Thu 11:32–Thu 13:31 (cleared after 1 h 59 min) · delay ~21 min · queue 11.1 mi

   TomTom ×4

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~28 min

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Timeline

1. Thu 11:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Thu 11:37 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
3. Thu 11:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Thu 12:09 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Thu 12:09 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. Thu 12:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
7. Thu 12:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min
8. Thu 12:45 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Thu 13:03 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~19), “Stationary traffic”
10. Thu 13:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Thu 13:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
12. Thu 13:22 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Thu 13:22 All clear: no source reports it any more
14. Thu 13:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
15. Thu 13:31 TomTom no longer reports it

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northbound · 10:03, cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M5 crash J11A–J11 northbound · 07:50, cleared after 50 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · 02:47, cleared after 2 h 54 min
• M5 crash J25–J24 southbound · yesterday 16:07, cleared after 7 h 54 min
• M5 stopped traffic J6–J5 · yesterday 07:28, cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · yesterday 01:26, cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M5 stopped traffic J24–J23 · Mon 21:37, cleared after 1 h 32 min
• M5 stopped traffic J10–J11 · Mon 16:15, cleared after 42 min
• M5 stopped traffic J4A–J5 southbound · Mon 16:03, cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 northbound · Mon 10:29, cleared after 2 h 23 min

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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.