M23 crash J9–J8 northbound

Crash on the M23 northbound at J9–J8 on Tuesday 3 November 2026, from 14:10. Cleared at 16:06 after 1 h 55 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 16:06 on 3 Nov 2026, after 1 h 55 min

Location

M23 northbound · J9–J8

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom · National Highways ×6

Timeline

1. 14:10 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. 14:10 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
3. 14:25 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
4. 14:42 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~7 min
5. 14:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident, Broken down vehicle”
6. 14:51 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 15:04 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
8. 15:27 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
9. 15:37 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
10. 15:51 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~14)
11. 15:54 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed (was 1)
12. 15:55 TomTom no longer reports it
13. 15:57 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
14. 16:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
15. 16:04 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 16:06 National Highways: lane closure lifted
17. 16:06 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (5 signs; furthest along: M23 northbound between J9 and J8).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (2 signs; furthest along: M23 southbound between J8 and J9).
• M23 northbound between J9 and J8
• M23 southbound between J8 and J9

Other recent incidents on the M23

• M23 crash J9–J8 northboundyesterday 14:17 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M23 crash J9–J8 northboundSun 13:37 · cleared after 1 h 37 min
• M23 crash J10 southboundSat 22:35 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M23 crash J10A–J10Sat 16:47 · cleared after 45 min
• M23 stopped traffic J9–J8 northbound23 Oct 2026 15:24 · cleared after 5 h 36 min
• M23 crash J9–J8 northbound21 Oct 2026 07:24 · cleared after 1 h 26 min
• M23 crash J9–J8 northbound17 Oct 2026 01:47 · cleared after 4 h 39 min
• M23 crash J9–J8 northbound17 Oct 2026 01:18 · cleared after 3 h 7 min
• M23 crash J9–J8 southbound16 Oct 2026 19:43 · cleared after 1 h 11 min
• M23 crash J9–J8 southbound15 Oct 2026 08:19 · cleared after 10 h 27 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M23 J9 and M23 J8.

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