M5 stopped traffic J20–J19

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.

Status

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

Location

M5 J20–J19

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~33 min

Sources

TomTom ×10

Timeline

1. Fri 12:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Fri 13:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. Fri 13:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Fri 13:15 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. Fri 13:19 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Fri 13:19 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Fri 13:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. Fri 13:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Fri 13:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. Fri 13:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
11. Fri 13:59 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Fri 13:59 All clear: no source reports it any more
13. Fri 14:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
14. Fri 14:07 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Fri 14:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
16. Fri 14:20 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. Fri 14:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
18. Fri 14:25 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~10)
19. Fri 14:25 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~4)
20. Fri 14:29 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~18), “Slow traffic”
21. Fri 14:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
22. Fri 14:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. Fri 14:42 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. Fri 14:46 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~7), “Queuing traffic”
25. Fri 14:55 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~22)
26. Fri 14:59 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~30)
27. Fri 15:13 TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~16)
28. Fri 15:17 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~33)
29. Fri 15:26 TomTom no longer reports it
30. Fri 15:26 All clear: no source reports it any more
31. Fri 15:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min
32. Fri 15:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
33. Fri 15:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
34. Fri 15:52 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~24), “Stationary traffic”
35. Fri 15:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
36. Fri 15:56 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~11)
37. Fri 16:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~31 min
38. Fri 16:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
39. Fri 16:27 TomTom no longer reports it
40. Fri 16:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing 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 J20 and M5 J19.

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