M20 stopped traffic J4–J3 westbound
Cleared Cleared at 07:53 on 8 Oct 2026, after 1 h 20 min.
Stopped traffic on the M20 westbound at J4–J3 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 06:33. Cleared at 07:53 after 1 h 20 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M20 westbound · J4–J3
Incident
Thu 06:33–Thu 07:53 (cleared after 1 h 20 min) · delay ~7 min · queue 3.6 mi
TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~56 min
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~25 min
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~56)
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT [HCA2]” (7 signs; furthest along: M20 westbound between J4 and J3).
- Queuing traffic
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- M20 reported crash J12–J13 eastbound
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- M20 reported crash J7–J8 eastbound
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