A3(M) crash J3

Crash on the A3(M) at J3 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 13:34. Cleared at 13:54 after 20 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 13:54 on 30 Oct 2026, after 20 min

Location

A3(M) J3

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Fri 13:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. Fri 13:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. Fri 13:49 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~20 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
4. Fri 13:54 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Fri 13:54 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Incident

Other recent incidents on the A3(M)

• A3(M) closed J3Fri 14:29 · cleared after 1 h
• 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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