M18 crash J4–J5 northbound

Cleared Cleared at 08:20 on 9 Oct 2026, after 329 h 39 min.

Crash on the M18 northbound at J4–J5 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 14:41. Cleared at 08:20 after 329 h 39 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M18 northbound · J4–J5

   Collision

   Fri 14:41–08:20 (cleared after 329 h 39 min) · delay ~25 min · queue 5.1 mi

   Motorway signs · TomTom ×6

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Timeline

1. Fri 14:13 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
2. Fri 14:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. Fri 15:02 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic”
4. Fri 15:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Fri 15:28 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~15)
6. Fri 15:50 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Fri 15:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. Fri 15:59 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Fri 16:11 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
10. Fri 16:11 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. Fri 16:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
12. Fri 16:29 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Fri 16:29 All clear: no source reports it any more
14. Tue 07:40 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (reported again)
15. Tue 08:10 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
16. Tue 08:10 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. 06:36 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (reported again)
18. 07:06 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
19. 07:06 All clear: no source reports it any more
20. 07:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
21. 07:16 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~34 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
22. 07:25 TomTom no longer reports it
23. 07:25 All clear: no source reports it any more
24. 07:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
25. 08:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
26. 08:06 TomTom no longer reports it
27. 08:06 All clear: no source reports it any more
28. 08:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
29. 08:15 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
30. 08:20 TomTom no longer reports it

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M18 northbound between J4 and J5).
• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic, Incident
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M18

• M18 crash J32 northbound · yesterday 14:12, cleared after 2 h 44 min
• M18 reported crash J3–J2 southbound · Sun 01:00, cleared after 43 min
• M18 crash J1–J2 northbound · 2 Oct 2026 11:23, cleared after 2 h 56 min
• M18 crash J1–J2 northbound · 30 Sept 2026 08:10, cleared after 1 h 6 min
• M18 closed J6–J5 · 24 Sept 2026 23:49, cleared after 3 h 29 min

About this page

This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.