M1 Junction 10 to Junction 11 (Luton / Luton Airport)
Luton’s two junctions on the M1, 3.4 miles apart. Junction 10 is the one for London Luton Airport, about two miles from the motorway along the A1081, New Airport Way. Junction 11 is the junction for Luton town and Dunstable.
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Latest accident or incident on the M1
The most recent accident or incident on the M1 that we are aware of.
M1 southbound Jct 15 to Jct 14 lane 2, 3 and 4 closure
04:0726 Sept 2026reported 10 min ago
- Location
- M1 southbound between J15 and J14
- Direction
- Southbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Repair work
- Schedule
- 22:00 Fri 25 Sept 2026 → 05:00 Sat 26 Sept 2026
Latest active roadworks on the M1
Roadworks live on the M1 right now.
M1 northbound Jct 10 to Jct 11 hard shoulder closure (MP 49/4 to 49/6)
04:0726 Sept 2026reported 10 min ago
- Location
- M1 northbound within J10
- Direction
- Northbound
- Lanes closed
- Hard shoulder closed
- Reason
- Construction work
- Schedule
- 02:35 Thu 23 July 2026 → 05:00 Sat 24 Oct 2026
+ 2 more active roadworks - search all M1 traffic news →
Latest planned roadworks on the M1
The next planned roadworks scheduled on the M1.
M1 northbound Jct 45 to Jct 46 lane 2 and 3 closure (309/0 - 311/4)
04:0726 Sept 2026reported 10 min ago
- Location
- M1 northbound between J45 and J46
- Direction
- Northbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Road improvement or upgrading
- Schedule
- 20:30 Fri 25 Sept 2026 → 06:00 Sat 26 Sept 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
+ 15 more planned roadworks - search all M1 traffic news →
Road closed — on the overhead signs now
National Highways’ overhead signs are showing a road closure, as at 04:17 Sat 26 Sept 2026. 3 other serious messages are on the signs - see them all below.
M1 J14-J11A CLOSED
Time now: Saturday, 26 September 2026, 04:1704:0826 Sept 2026set 8 min ago✓ Checked by us 04:17
M1 J14-J11A
CLOSEDOverhead Message
WhereM1 southbound, J21 to J15 · on 25 signsAlso onAlso showing on M6 signsSinceOn the signs since at least 23:46 Fri 25 Sept 2026We check these overhead signs at least every five minutes, but we can't guarantee a sign is still current if an incident or issue has been cleared and the sign has not been updated yet. Signs and news can each carry something the other does not - check both before you travel.
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Updated 04:17 Sat 26 Sept 2026
Powered by National Highways’ Transport Data Feeds.
Over 152,000 vehicles a day between Luton’s junctions
| Measure | Per day |
|---|---|
| All motor vehicles | 152,346 |
| Cars and taxis | 107,851 |
| Lorries (HGVs) | 18,555 — 12.2% of all traffic |
| Length of this stretch | 3.4 miles |
That makes it the 8th busiest of the 42 measured stretches of M1 mainline, and the 22nd for the share of its traffic that is lorries. The Department for Transport counts this stretch at two adjacent points either side of a local-authority boundary that report the same measurement, so it is published once here. See how busy the M1 is junction by junction.
Junction 10: the airport junction
Junction 10 meets the A1081, New Airport Way, the road to the terminal. For anyone arriving by train instead, the Luton DART shuttle has linked Luton Airport Parkway station with the terminal since 10/03/2023.
Junction 11: Luton and Dunstable
Junction 11 is the junction for the town. The road into Luton from here is signed A5065. Luton’s population is 239,090 (ONS mid-2024 estimate for the local authority), and Luton Town’s ground, Kenilworth Road, is in the town.
London Luton Airport in figures
- Opened on 16/07/1938 as Luton Municipal Airport.
- 17,770,247 passengers in 2025, up 4.9% and the fifth busiest airport in the UK (CAA figures).
- 134,763 aircraft movements in 2025 — on average about 369 a day.
- Airlines with bases here: easyJet, Jet2, Ryanair and Wizz Air.
- Record summer in 2026: more than 5.5 million passengers from June to August.
- Record day: Friday 29/05/2026, with about 33,000 departing passengers.
- Permission to grow to 32 million passengers a year was approved on 03/04/2025.
We could not find a published figure for the airport’s busiest hours, so we do not give one. What is published is where the records fell: the summer months and a Friday at the end of May. If you have a flight to catch, check the news on this page before you leave rather than at the junction.
Coming from the A1(M) instead
Drivers from the east do not need the M1 at all. The airport’s own directions from the A1(M) use junction 9 and the A505 through Hitchin. Our sister site A1M Traffic covers that motorway; for news on the A505 itself, see Traffic News England. Every crossing between the two roads is on our M1 and A1 link roads page.
Traffic count figures on this page are from the Department for Transport road traffic statistics, 2025.