A3(M) closed J3

Road closure on the A3(M) at J3 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 14:29. Cleared at 15:30 after 1 h. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:30 on 30 Oct 2026, after 1 h

Location

A3(M) J3

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~97 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Fri 14:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~96 min
2. Fri 14:44 TomTom: road closed
3. Fri 14:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~49 min (reported again)
4. Fri 15:05 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~42)
5. Fri 15:10 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~22)
6. Fri 15:20 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Fri 15:20 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Fri 15:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
9. Fri 15:30 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Closed
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A3(M)

• A3(M) crash J3Fri 13:34 · cleared after 20 min
• A3(M) reported crash J3 northboundFri 11:34 · cleared after 57 min
• A3(M) reported crash J3 northboundThu 23:18 · cleared after 40 min
• A3(M) reported crash J4–J5 southbound27 Oct 2026 08:02 · cleared after 58 min
• A3(M) closed J4–J3 northbound23 Oct 2026 07:17 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• A3(M) crash J3 northbound21 Oct 2026 07:46 · cleared after 1 h 5 min
• A3(M) reported crash J3–J4 southbound17 Oct 2026 12:26 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• A3(M) reported crash J3 southbound16 Oct 2026 07:37 · cleared after 3 h 44 min
• A3(M) stopped traffic J312 Oct 2026 07:49 · cleared after 1 h 13 min
• A3(M) reported crash J3 northbound10 Oct 2026 01:56 · cleared after 46 min

Live traffic and past incidents at A3(M) J3.

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