M5 stopped traffic J7–J8

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J7–J8 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 16:07. Still reported at 18:44 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 16:07 (2 h 37 min)

Location

M5 · J7–J8

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~5 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom ×12

Timeline

1. 16:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 16:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 16:21 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 16:25 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 16:25 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. 16:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
7. 16:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~13 min
8. 16:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
9. 16:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
10. 16:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
11. 16:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 17:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
13. 17:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 17:11 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~12)
15. 17:20 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~19), “Slow traffic”
16. 17:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~13 min
17. 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
18. 17:48 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~9)
19. 18:06 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~16)
20. 18:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
21. 18:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
22. 18:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. 18:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. 18:29 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~6)
25. 18:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
26. 18:38 TomTom no longer reports it
27. 18:38 All clear: no source reports it any more
28. 18:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 stopped traffic J19–J18 northbound15:36 · cleared after 2 h 50 min
• M5 crash J10–J9 northbound13:11 · cleared after 4 h 55 min
• M5 stopped traffic J1–J2 southbound10:57 · Live
• M5 crash J4A–J5 southboundyesterday 23:54 · cleared after 1 h 54 min
• M5 closed J24–J23yesterday 21:40 · cleared after 3 h 26 min
• M5 crash J8–J7 northboundyesterday 12:20 · cleared after 54 min
• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northboundWed 10:03 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M5 crash J11A–J11 northboundWed 07:50 · cleared after 50 min
• M5 closed J24–J23Wed 02:47 · cleared after 2 h 54 min
• M5 crash J25–J24 southboundTue 16:07 · cleared after 7 h 54 min

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