M20 crash J5–J4

Cleared Cleared at 18:00 on 3 Oct 2026, after 28 min.

Crash on the M20 at J5–J4 on Saturday 3 October 2026, from 17:33. Cleared at 18:00 after 28 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M20 · J5–J4

   Collision

   17:33–18:00 (cleared after 28 min) · delay ~5 min

   TomTom

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Timeline

1. 17:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
2. 17:37 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~16 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
3. 17:42 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16)
4. 17:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
5. 18:00 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 18:00 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic, Incident

Other recent incidents on the M20

• M20 crash J7–J8 eastbound · Thu 21:44, cleared after 1 h 43 min
• M20 crash J5–J4 westbound · Thu 12:43, cleared after 41 min
• M20 crash J4–J3 westbound · Tue 06:24, cleared after 1 h 32 min
• M20 reported crash J12–J13 eastbound · 27 Sept 2026 12:17, cleared after 44 min
• M20 crash J4–J3 westbound · 26 Sept 2026 18:29, cleared after 2 h 20 min
• M20 reported crash J7–J8 eastbound · 26 Sept 2026 10:16, cleared after 50 h 20 min
• M20 crash J4 westbound · 23 Sept 2026 10:11, cleared after 44 min
• M20 crash J8–J9 eastbound · 23 Sept 2026 06:24, cleared after 126 h 12 min
• M20 crash J6 eastbound · 23 Sept 2026 05:45, cleared after 12 h 36 min

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