M5 stopped traffic J17

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J17 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 16:00. Cleared at 17:19 after 1 h 19 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:19 on 26 Oct 2026, after 1 h 19 min

Location

M5 J17

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~35 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Mon 16:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. Mon 16:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Mon 16:10 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Mon 16:10 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Mon 16:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~33 min
6. Mon 16:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~28 min
7. Mon 17:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
8. Mon 17:09 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16)
9. Mon 17:09 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Mon 17:09 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. Mon 17:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
12. Mon 17:19 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• 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
• M5 reported crash J13–J14 southboundSun 15:59 · cleared after 46 min
• M5 crash J8–J7 northboundSun 13:26 · cleared after 2 h 18 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J17.

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