M5 stopped traffic J24–J23

Cleared Cleared at 23:09 on 12 Oct 2026, after 1 h 32 min.

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J24–J23 on Monday 12 October 2026, from 21:37. Cleared at 23:09 after 1 h 32 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J24–J23

   Queueing traffic

   Mon 21:37–Mon 23:09 (cleared after 1 h 32 min) · delay ~5 min · queue 2.6 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

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Timeline

1. Mon 21:37 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~26 min
2. Mon 21:42 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~26)
3. Mon 21:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
4. Mon 22:00 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Mon 22:00 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. Mon 22:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
7. Mon 23:09 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Mon 23:09 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northbound · 10:03, cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M5 crash J11A–J11 northbound · 07:50, cleared after 50 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · 02:47, cleared after 2 h 54 min
• M5 crash J25–J24 southbound · yesterday 16:07, cleared after 7 h 54 min
• M5 stopped traffic J6–J5 · yesterday 07:28, cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · yesterday 01:26, cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M5 stopped traffic J10–J11 · Mon 16:15, cleared after 42 min
• M5 stopped traffic J4A–J5 southbound · Mon 16:03, cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 northbound · Mon 10:29, cleared after 2 h 23 min
• M5 stopped traffic J15–J16 southbound · Mon 08:25, cleared after 4 h 28 min

About this page

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.