M5 stopped traffic J17–J18

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J17–J18 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 10:58. Cleared at 15:20 after 4 h 21 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:20 on 26 Oct 2026, after 4 h 21 min

Location

M5 J17–J18

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×6

Timeline

1. Mon 10:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Mon 11:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Mon 11:07 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Mon 11:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Mon 11:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Mon 11:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Mon 11:39 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Mon 11:58 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Mon 12:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. Mon 12:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Mon 12:25 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Mon 12:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Mon 12:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. Mon 13:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~35 min
15. Mon 13:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~37 min
16. Mon 13:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
17. Mon 13:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. Mon 14:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
19. Mon 14:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
20. Mon 14:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. Mon 14:52 TomTom no longer reports it
22. Mon 14:52 All clear: no source reports it any more
23. Mon 14:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~31 min
24. Mon 14:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
25. Mon 15:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~39 min
26. Mon 15:20 TomTom no longer reports it
27. Mon 15:20 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Stationary 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 and M5 J18.

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