M20 crash J7–J8 eastbound

Crash on the M20 eastbound at J7–J8 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 16:17. Cleared at 18:03 after 1 h 46 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:03 on 26 Oct 2026, after 1 h 46 min

Location

M20 eastbound · J7–J8

Reported as

Collision

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom

Timeline

1. Mon 16:17 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. Mon 16:38 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
3. Mon 16:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. Mon 17:03 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
5. Mon 17:05 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Mon 18:03 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
7. Mon 18:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M20 eastbound between J7 and J8).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M20 eastbound between J7 and J8).

Other recent incidents on the M20

• M20 reported crash J10A–J11 eastboundyesterday 18:05 · cleared after 1 h 17 min
• M20 crash J5–J4 westboundyesterday 10:57 · cleared after 2 h 53 min
• M20 crash J4–J3 westboundyesterday 06:41 · cleared after 1 h 38 min
• M20 crash J2–J3 eastboundSat 14:38 · cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M20 reported crash J10A–J11 eastboundSat 08:45 · cleared after 52 min
• M20 reported crash J2–J3 eastboundFri 16:23 · cleared after 40 min
• M20 reported crash J13 westboundThu 18:01 · cleared after 56 min
• M20 closed J2–J1Thu 01:33 · cleared after 1 h 11 min
• M20 closed J10A–J11Wed 23:31 · cleared after 5 h 3 min
• M20 stopped traffic J3–J4 eastboundWed 15:08 · cleared after 5 h 45 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M20 J7 and M20 J8.

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