M20 stopped traffic J4–J3

Stopped traffic on the M20 at J4–J3 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 17:45. Cleared at 18:12 after 27 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:12 on 5 Nov 2026, after 27 min

Location

M20 J4–J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 17:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
2. 17:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
3. 17:49 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~8), “Slow traffic”
4. 18:12 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 18:12 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M20

• M20 stopped traffic J13 westbound13:58 · cleared after 44 min
• M20 crash J7–J6 westbound00:52 · cleared after 12 h 2 min
• M20 crash J4–J5 eastboundTue 11:14 · cleared after 2 h 43 min
• M20 reported crash J10A–J11 eastboundMon 18:05 · cleared after 1 h 17 min
• M20 crash J5–J4 westboundMon 10:57 · cleared after 2 h 53 min
• M20 crash J4–J3 westboundMon 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 eastbound30 Oct 2026 16:23 · cleared after 40 min
• M20 reported crash J13 westbound29 Oct 2026 18:01 · cleared after 56 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M20 J4 and M20 J3.

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