M5 stopped traffic J24–J23

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J24–J23 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 10:56. Cleared at 16:09 after 5 h 13 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:09 on 25 Sept 2026, after 5 h 13 min

Location

M5 J24–J23

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×10

Timeline

1. Fri 10:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Fri 11:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Fri 11:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Fri 11:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Fri 11:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Fri 12:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Fri 12:10 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13)
8. Fri 12:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
9. Fri 12:18 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~6)
10. Fri 12:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
11. Fri 12:53 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Fri 12:53 All clear: no source reports it any more
13. Fri 12:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
14. Fri 13:02 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Fri 13:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
16. Fri 13:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
17. Fri 13:19 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~5)
18. Fri 13:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
19. Fri 13:37 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~14)
20. Fri 13:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
21. Fri 13:54 TomTom no longer reports it
22. Fri 13:54 All clear: no source reports it any more
23. Fri 13:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
24. Fri 14:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. Fri 14:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
26. Fri 14:33 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
27. Fri 14:38 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
28. Fri 14:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Narrow lanes”, delay ~36 min
29. Fri 14:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
30. Fri 14:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Narrow lanes”, delay ~33 min (reported again)
31. Fri 15:30 TomTom no longer reports it
32. Fri 15:30 All clear: no source reports it any more
33. Fri 15:34 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle, Narrow lanes”, delay ~40 min (reported again)
34. Fri 15:39 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~40)
35. Fri 15:47 TomTom: delay now ~51 min (was ~32)
36. Fri 16:09 TomTom no longer reports it
37. Fri 16:09 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle, Narrow lanes

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 J24 and M5 J23.

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