M20 crash J4–J3 westbound
Crash on the M20 westbound at J4–J3 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 07:13. Cleared at 08:39 after 1 h 26 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 08:39 on 19 Oct 2026, after 1 h 26 min
- Location
- M20 westbound · J4–J3
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~58 min
- Sources
- TomTom · Motorway signs ×4
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION [HCA0]”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~22 min (was ~14), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~22)
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~58)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION [HCA0]”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION [HCA0]” (1 sign; furthest along: M20 westbound between J4 and J3).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M20 eastbound between J3 and J4).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M20 eastbound between J3 and J4).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M20 westbound between J4 and J3).
Other recent incidents on the M20
- M20 closed J12 eastbound
- M20 stopped traffic J5–J4
- M20 crash J5 westbound
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- M20 reported crash J6–J7 eastbound
- M20 crash J5–J4
- M20 crash J7–J8 eastbound
- M20 crash J5–J4 westbound
- M20 crash J4–J3 westbound
- M20 reported crash J12–J13 eastbound
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