M20 stopped traffic J5–J4

Cleared Cleared at 07:38 on 13 Oct 2026, after 27 min.

Stopped traffic on the M20 at J5–J4 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 07:11. Cleared at 07:38 after 27 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M20 · J5–J4

   Queueing traffic

   yesterday 07:11–yesterday 07:38 (cleared after 27 min) · delay ~9 min · queue 3.0 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

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Timeline

1. yesterday 07:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
2. yesterday 07:15 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~13)
3. yesterday 07:29 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~21)
4. yesterday 07:38 TomTom no longer reports it
5. yesterday 07:38 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M20

• M20 crash J5 westbound · 8 Oct 2026 13:44, cleared after 41 min
• M20 stopped traffic J4–J3 westbound · 8 Oct 2026 06:33, cleared after 1 h 20 min
• M20 reported crash J6–J7 eastbound · 5 Oct 2026 12:35, cleared after 47 min
• M20 crash J5–J4 · 3 Oct 2026 17:33, cleared after 28 min
• M20 crash J7–J8 eastbound · 1 Oct 2026 21:44, cleared after 1 h 43 min
• M20 crash J5–J4 westbound · 1 Oct 2026 12:43, cleared after 41 min
• M20 crash J4–J3 westbound · 29 Sept 2026 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

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