M5 stopped traffic J20–J19

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J20–J19 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 13:36. Cleared at 15:40 after 2 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:40 on 22 Oct 2026, after 2 h 4 min

Location

M5 · J20–J19

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. yesterday 13:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. yesterday 13:41 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. yesterday 14:40 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
4. yesterday 15:12 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic”
5. yesterday 15:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
6. yesterday 15:26 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14)
7. yesterday 15:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
8. yesterday 15:40 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~17)
9. yesterday 15:40 TomTom no longer reports it
10. yesterday 15:40 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 crash J1 southbound00:29 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M5 crash J19–J2000:09 · cleared after 14 min
• M5 closed J12 southboundyesterday 22:33 · cleared after 1 h 40 min
• M5 reported crash J25–J24 northboundyesterday 22:12 · cleared after 48 min
• M5 closed J10–J11 southboundyesterday 19:57 · cleared after 5 h 3 min
• M5 closed J12 southboundyesterday 19:57 · cleared after 1 h 20 min
• M5 closed J11A southboundyesterday 19:57 · cleared after 4 h 16 min
• M5 closed J13–J14 southboundyesterday 19:57 · cleared after 4 h 16 min
• M5 crash J19–J20 southboundyesterday 18:11 · cleared after 48 min
• M5 stopped traffic J10–J11yesterday 18:06 · cleared after 55 min

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