M1 traffic update: Lanes to be closed all day after overturned lorry spills 350 litres of diesel
By Tom Morton
26th Aug 2025, 7:14am
Three lanes of a motorway will be shut for most of the day after 350 litres of diesel spilled across the carriageway from an overturned lorry.
The collision happened on the northbound M1 in Bedfordshire between Junction 10 for Luton and Junction 11 for Dunstable, at about 5am today.
Three out of the four lanes are closed, with delays of about 90 minutes and nine miles of queueing traffic, according to National Highways at 9.30am.
“It'll take some time to clear this incident,” said National Highways earlier this morning, adding later: “Expect the lanes to remain closed until tonight, at least.”
There are also problems this morning on the M11 in Cambridgeshire, which was closed both ways after a four-vehicle crash, and the M25, which was shut anti-clockwise after a hay lorry caught fire.