M5 stopped traffic J15

Cleared Cleared at 09:40 on 30 Sept 2026, after 2 h 10 min.

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J15 on Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 07:30. Cleared at 09:40 after 2 h 10 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J15

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 07:30–Wed 09:40 (cleared after 2 h 10 min) · delay ~7 min · queue 5.4 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 07:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Wed 07:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. Wed 07:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Wed 07:58 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Wed 08:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Wed 08:49 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Wed 08:49 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Wed 08:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
9. Wed 08:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
10. Wed 08:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Wed 09:07 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
12. Wed 09:11 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~14)
13. Wed 09:25 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
14. Wed 09:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Wed 09:40 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Wed 09:40 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic

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• 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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