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M20 crash J4–J3 westbound

Crash on the M20 westbound at J4–J3 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 08:26. Cleared at 19:07 after 10 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status
Cleared 19:07 on 22 Oct 2026, after 10 h 41 min
Location
M20 westbound · J4–J3
Reported as
Collision
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~74 min
Sources
TomTom · Motorway signs ×2
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  2. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  3. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  4. TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
  5. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  6. TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
  7. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  8. TomTom: delay now ~61 min (was ~46)
  9. TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~67)
  10. TomTom: delay now ~51 min (was ~36)
  11. Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  12. Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  13. TomTom: delay now ~74 min (was ~56)
  14. Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
  15. Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
  16. TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~53)
  17. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  18. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  19. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  20. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  21. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  22. TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
  23. TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~14)
  24. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~33), “Slow traffic”
  25. TomTom no longer reports it
  26. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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