M5 stopped traffic J10–J9

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J10–J9 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 15:30. Cleared at 15:53 after 23 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:53 on 22 Oct 2026, after 23 min

Location

M5 · J10–J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 15:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
2. yesterday 15:39 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~18)
3. yesterday 15:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. yesterday 15:53 TomTom no longer reports it
5. yesterday 15:53 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 crash J1 southbound00:29 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M5 crash J19–J2000:09 · cleared after 14 min
• M5 closed J12 southboundyesterday 22:33 · cleared after 1 h 40 min
• M5 reported crash J25–J24 northboundyesterday 22:12 · cleared after 48 min
• M5 closed J10–J11 southboundyesterday 19:57 · cleared after 5 h 3 min
• M5 closed J12 southboundyesterday 19:57 · cleared after 1 h 20 min
• M5 closed J11A southboundyesterday 19:57 · cleared after 4 h 16 min
• M5 closed J13–J14 southboundyesterday 19:57 · cleared after 4 h 16 min
• M5 crash J19–J20 southboundyesterday 18:11 · cleared after 48 min
• M5 stopped traffic J10–J11yesterday 18:06 · cleared after 55 min

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