A34 crash

Crash on the A34 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 11:02. Still reported at 12:40 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 11:02 (1 h 38 min)

Location

A34

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Road closed · stationary traffic · delay ~73 min

Sources

TomTom ×7

Timeline

1. 11:02 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~14 min
2. 11:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
3. 11:12 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~37 min (reported again)
4. 11:17 TomTom: delay now ~62 min (was ~37)
5. 11:26 TomTom: road closed
6. 11:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~42 min (reported again)
7. 11:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
8. 11:49 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~16 min
9. 11:54 TomTom: road closed
10. 12:08 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
11. 12:17 TomTom: collision, “Accident, Lane closed”

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Closed
• Stationary traffic, Accident
• Accident, Lane closed

Other recent incidents on the A34

• A34 closed7 Oct 2026 13:43 · cleared after 2 h 14 min
• A34 closed6 Oct 2026 09:05 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• A34 closed4 Oct 2026 14:28 · cleared after 47 min
• A34 stopped traffic Westminster Way → Wytham23 Sept 2026 15:55 · cleared after 59 min
• A34 stopped traffic23 Sept 2026 08:16 · cleared after 1 h 12 min
• A34 stopped traffic23 Sept 2026 07:37 · cleared after 13 h 24 min
• A34 stopped traffic23 Sept 2026 07:12 · cleared after 14 h 22 min

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