M5 stopped traffic J9–J8

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J9–J8 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 09:31. Cleared at 12:02 after 2 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:02 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 31 min

Location

M5 J9–J8

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Fri 09:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. Fri 09:36 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Fri 09:36 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Fri 10:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
5. Fri 10:07 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Fri 10:07 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Fri 10:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
8. Fri 11:52 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~24)
9. Fri 12:02 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Fri 12:02 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary 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 J9 and M5 J8.

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