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M5 stopped traffic J20–J19

Cleared Cleared at 16:27 on 25 Sept 2026, after 3 h 47 min.

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J20–J19 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 12:40. Cleared at 16:27 after 3 h 47 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

  1. M5 · J20–J19

    Queueing traffic

    yesterday 12:40–yesterday 16:27 (cleared after 3 h 47 min) · delay ~31 min · queue 10.3 mi

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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  3. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  4. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  5. TomTom no longer reports it
  6. All clear: no source reports it any more
  7. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  8. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  11. TomTom no longer reports it
  12. All clear: no source reports it any more
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
  14. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  15. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  16. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  18. TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~10)
  19. TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~4)
  20. TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~18), “Slow traffic”
  21. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
  22. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  23. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  24. TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~7), “Queuing traffic”
  25. TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~22)
  26. TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~30)
  27. TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~16)
  28. TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~33)
  29. TomTom no longer reports it
  30. All clear: no source reports it any more
  31. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min
  32. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  33. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  34. TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~24), “Stationary traffic”
  35. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
  36. TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~11)
  37. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~31 min
  38. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  39. TomTom no longer reports it
  40. All clear: no source reports it any more

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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.