M5 stopped traffic J2–J1

Cleared Cleared at 17:00 on 25 Sept 2026, after 35 min.

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J2–J1 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 16:25. Cleared at 17:00 after 35 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J2–J1

   Queueing traffic

   yesterday 16:25–yesterday 17:00 (cleared after 35 min) · delay ~21 min · queue 4.4 mi

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Timeline

1. yesterday 16:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. yesterday 16:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~27 min
3. yesterday 16:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
4. yesterday 16:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. yesterday 16:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. yesterday 17:00 TomTom no longer reports it
7. yesterday 17:00 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J10–J9 · 10:24, cleared after 1 h 14 min
• M5 closed J10–J11 southbound · yesterday 22:01, cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M5 closed J12 southbound · yesterday 20:19, cleared after 44 min
• M5 closed J10–J11 southbound · yesterday 20:19, cleared after 44 min
• M5 closed J13–J14 southbound · yesterday 20:19, cleared after 44 min
• M5 closed J11A southbound · yesterday 20:19, cleared after 44 min
• M5 stopped traffic J20–J19 · yesterday 12:40, cleared after 3 h 47 min
• M5 stopped traffic J24–J23 · yesterday 10:56, cleared after 5 h 13 min
• M5 crash J10–J11 southbound · yesterday 10:55, cleared after 3 h 3 min
• M5 closed J30–J31 southbound · yesterday 02:02, cleared after 3 h 43 min

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