M20 crash J4–J3 westbound
Crash on the M20 westbound at J4–J3 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 07:37. Cleared at 16:58 after 9 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 16:58 on 22 Oct 2026, after 9 h 22 min
- Location
- M20 westbound · J4–J3
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic
- Sources
- TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE”
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Vehicle fire”
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire”, delay ~33 min
- TomTom: delay now ~55 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire”, delay ~79 min
- TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~55)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~115 min (was ~79), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~14 min (was ~35), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~8 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Vehicle fire
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE” (1 sign; furthest along: M20 westbound between J4 and J3).
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT [HCA2]” (9 signs; furthest along: M20 westbound between J4 and J3).
- Queuing traffic
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT [HCA2]” (1 sign; furthest along: M20 westbound between J4 and J3).
- Slow traffic
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