M5 stopped traffic J19–J20

Cleared Cleared at 16:17 on 2 Oct 2026, after 14 min.

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J19–J20 on Friday 2 October 2026, from 16:03. Cleared at 16:17 after 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J19–J20

   Queueing traffic

   Fri 16:03–Fri 16:17 (cleared after 14 min) · delay ~24 min · queue 8.2 mi

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Timeline

1. Fri 16:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
2. Fri 16:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~24 min
3. Fri 16:17 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Fri 16:17 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 stopped traffic J6–J5 · 07:28, cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · 01:26, cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 northbound · yesterday 10:29, cleared after 2 h 23 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · Sun 21:21, cleared after 8 h 24 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southbound · Sun 08:13, cleared after 1 h 39 min
• M5 crash J24–J23 · Sat 21:30, cleared after 8 h 41 min
• M5 crash J8 northbound · Sat 08:59, cleared after 44 min
• M5 closed J12 southbound · Fri 16:05, cleared after 40 min
• M5 closed J13 southbound · Fri 16:05, cleared after 40 min
• M5 crash J18 · Fri 15:24, cleared after 1 h 19 min

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