{"id":605705,"date":"2026-05-27T00:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/605705\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T00:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:28:13","slug":"m1-closed-in-both-directions-after-multi-vehicle-crash-between-junctions-23-and-23a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/605705\/","title":{"rendered":"M1 closed in both directions after &#8216;multi-vehicle crash&#8217; between junctions 23 and 23a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency services are attending the scene<\/p>\n<p>20:43, 26 May 2026Updated 22:02, 26 May 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo shows heavy traffic on the M1 near junction 24\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_9Q387T0RO.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Traffic on the M1 near junction 24\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Traffic on the M1 near junction 24<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A stretch of the M1 was closed in both directions after a reported &#8220;serious multi-vehicle collision&#8221; which also caused a fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">National Highways said both the northbound and southbound carriageways had been closed between junctions 23 and 23a in Leicestershire following the crash on Tuesday (May 26) evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The agency said emergency services were on the way to the scene and reported two miles of congestion, which was leading to 20-mite delays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The M1 in Leicestershire between J23 and J23A is now closed in both directions, due to a serious multiple vehicle collision which has resulted in a vehicle fire,&#8221; the agency wrote on X at 7.34pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;All emergency services are enroute Current delays of 20mins and 2 miles of congestion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In an update just before 9.30pm, National Highways said the northbound remained closed, while one lane of the southbound was also shut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services are attending the scene 20:43, 26 May 2026Updated 22:02, 26 May 2026 Traffic on the M1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,67137,2665,50,2888,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-605705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-leicestershire","tag-m1","tag-news","tag-traffic-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605705","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=605705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}