M1 southbound live traffic updates as broken-down lorry sparks seven miles of tailbacks

A stretch of the M1 in Derbyshire is seeing big queues of traffic[1] behind a broken-down vehicle. Two lanes have been closed on the M1 southbound after a lorry broke down. The affected stretch is from J25 A52 Brian Clough Way[2] (Nottingham / Derby) to J24 A453 Ashby Road (Nottingham South / East Midlands Airport).

Traffic is queueing. Lane one and two (of four) are closed. Up to seven miles of queues have been reported.

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References

  1. ^ stretch of the M1 in Derbyshire is seeing big queues of traffic (www.derbytelegraph.co.uk)
  2. ^ J25 A52 Brian Clough Way (www.derbytelegraph.co.uk)
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