M5 stopped traffic J20–J19

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J20–J19 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 14:39. Cleared at 16:24 after 1 h 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:24 on 30 Oct 2026, after 1 h 46 min

Location

M5 J20–J19

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Fri 14:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. Fri 14:49 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Fri 14:49 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Fri 14:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
5. Fri 14:59 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Fri 15:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
7. Fri 15:24 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Fri 15:24 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Fri 15:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
10. Fri 15:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Fri 16:09 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. Fri 16:24 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Fri 16:24 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 reported crash J7–J8 southbound01:00 · cleared after 53 min
• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northbound00:52 · cleared after 31 min
• M5 reported crash J16–J15 northboundyesterday 23:18 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southboundyesterday 17:51 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M5 crash J6–J7 southboundyesterday 17:44 · cleared after 37 min
• M5 closed J24–J23Sun 23:32 · cleared after 37 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 southboundSun 17:33 · cleared after 1 h 23 min
• M5 stopped traffic J20–J19 northboundSun 16:07 · cleared after 2 h 9 min
• M5 reported crash J13–J14 southboundSun 15:59 · cleared after 46 min
• M5 crash J8–J7 northboundSun 13:26 · cleared after 2 h 18 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J20 and M5 J19.

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