M5 stopped traffic J2–J1

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.

Status

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

Location

M5 J2–J1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

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

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J24–J25 southbound03:50 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M5 crash J19–J20Mon 17:20 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M5 reported crash J25 southboundSun 19:51 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M5 crash J26–J27 southboundSun 18:37 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M5 crash J19–J20 southboundSat 15:29 · cleared after 52 min
• M5 closed J30–J31 southboundSat 08:13 · cleared after 1 h 53 min
• M5 crash J8 northboundFri 18:57 · cleared after 48 min
• M5 reported crash J25 southboundFri 13:30 · cleared after 44 min
• M5 reported crash J3–J4 southboundThu 08:23 · cleared after 44 min
• M5 stopped traffic J1 northbound4 Nov 2026 18:21 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J2 and M5 J1.

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