M5 stopped traffic J20–J19

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J20–J19 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 05:15. Cleared at 06:19 after 1 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 06:19 on 21 Oct 2026, after 1 h 4 min

Location

M5 · J20–J19

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 05:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~56 min
2. 05:24 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 05:24 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 05:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~50 min
5. 05:56 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 05:56 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. 06:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~42 min (reported again)
8. 06:09 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~42)
9. 06:14 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~27)
10. 06:19 TomTom no longer reports it
11. 06:19 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J14–J15 southboundyesterday 21:17 · cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M5 closed J17–J16 northboundyesterday 21:17 · cleared after 7 h 50 min
• M5 closed J19–J18 northboundyesterday 21:17 · Live
• M5 stopped traffic J4A northboundyesterday 17:11 · Live
• M5 reported crash J7–J8 southboundMon 07:26 · cleared after 43 min
• M5 reported crash J10–J11 southboundSun 18:42 · cleared after 1 h 24 min
• M5 crash J6–J5 northboundSun 17:31 · cleared after 2 h 5 min
• M5 reported crash J26–J27 southboundSun 08:54 · cleared after 40 min
• M5 crash J1–J2 southboundSat 11:03 · cleared after 3 h 29 min
• M5 stopped traffic J7–J8Fri 16:07 · cleared after 2 h 54 min

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