M1 crash causes miles of queues

There were queues on the M1[1] and the M69 this morning after a crash blocked traffic trying to join the motorway. The four-vehicle collision happened on the slip-road onto the northbound M1 at junction 21 near Fosse Park[2] and shut both the slip-road and one lane of the motorway. By 8am there was a three-mile queue[3] on the northbound M1, a four-mile queue on the city-bound M69 and about seven miles of slow-moving traffic on the southbound M1.

National Highways said in a post on X at 7.50am today (Tuesday, February 11): "Traffic is stopped on the M1 northbound within J21 entry slip road due to a collision. "There is also a lane 1 closure on the main carriageway. Emergency services and Traffic Officers on scene.

There are delays of 45 min on the M69 northbound on approach to the M1."

Updates on this incident are below.

References

1. ^ on the M1 (www.leicestermercury.co.uk)
2. ^ Fosse Park (www.leicestermercury.co.uk)
3. ^ three-mile queue (www.leicestermercury.co.uk)
4. ^ Dozens of cars take part in reported car cruising in Leicestershire (www.leicestermercury.co.uk)