{"id":523767,"date":"2026-04-10T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523767\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:13:09","slug":"m1-shut-after-car-crashes-off-bridge-and-hits-van-long-closure-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523767\/","title":{"rendered":"M1 shut after car crashes off bridge and hits van, long closure expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The current closure along the M1 between Junctions 21 and 20, near Lutterworth, are having a knock-on effect on the M69.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Google maps shows that the M69 also has heavy congestion, with delays reaching 25 minutes and traffic being &#8216;much slower than usual&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-10-170829.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">National Highways said drivers should expect the M1 closure to remain for a &#8216;protracted time&#8217;, as an accident investigation still needs to take place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">We are awaiting further details from Leicestershire Police regarding the earlier collision which has caused today&#8217;s disruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The incident saw a car crash off a bridge and land on the motorway, colliding with a van, causing fuel spills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The current closure along the M1 between Junctions 21 and 20, near Lutterworth, are having a knock-on effect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[100140,59,57,58,181940,151307,119136,2665,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-523767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-east-midlands-ambulance-service","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greatbritain","12":"tag-leicestershire-fire-and-rescue-service","13":"tag-leicestershire-police","14":"tag-lutterworth","15":"tag-m1","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}