Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M1 southbound lane closure at J42, live incident, started Sun 4 Oct, 23:45
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J42
- Started
- Sun 4 Oct, 23:45
- Category
- Incident
M1 northbound lane closure at J26, 12 Aug 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M1 has cleared. It started at 05:45 on Wed 12 Aug and cleared at 06:15 on Wed 12 Aug.
Last updated by National Highways at 06:15 on Wednesday 12 August 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J26
- Location
- M1 northbound within J26
- Started
- 05:45 on Wednesday 12 August 2026
- Cleared
- 06:15 on Wednesday 12 August 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 06:15 on Wednesday 12 August 2026
Map of the M1 northbound lane closure at J26
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- Cleared
Other M1 closures and crash records
6 other closures are in force on the M1 right now, and 134 more are planned in the next 7 days.
The M1 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 40,463 collisions on the road, 939 of them fatal.
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M1 northbound lane closure between J12 and J13, live incident, started Sun 4 Oct, 13:01
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J12 to J13
- Started
- Sun 4 Oct, 13:01
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M62 and M1
- Junctions
- J42
- Started
- Sun 4 Oct, 20:20
- Expected to clear
- Mon 5 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J44
- Started
- Sat 3 Oct, 06:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 9 Nov, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J10 to J11
- Started
- Thu 23 Jul, 02:35
- Expected to clear
- Sat 24 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Construction Work
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- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J22 to J21A
- Started
- Sun 30 Nov 2025, 09:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 30 Nov, 09:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance