M27 crash J12 westbound

Crash on the M27 westbound at J12 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 05:45. Cleared at 19:10 after 13 h 25 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:10 on 27 Oct 2026, after 13 h 25 min

Location

M27 westbound · J12

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~52 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Tue 05:45 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. Tue 06:15 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
3. Tue 06:29 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
4. Tue 07:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
5. Tue 07:08 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Tue 07:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
7. Tue 07:22 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~9)
8. Tue 07:45 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~15)
9. Tue 08:03 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~30)
10. Tue 09:22 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~52)
11. Tue 09:31 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~35)
12. Tue 09:45 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~26)
13. Tue 09:49 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~45)
14. Tue 10:03 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15)
15. Tue 10:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Tue 10:12 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. Tue 10:17 TomTom no longer reports it
18. Tue 16:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
19. Tue 16:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
20. Tue 16:23 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Tue 16:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
22. Tue 16:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
23. Tue 16:41 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Tue 19:10 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 12 hours, so treated as out of date
25. Tue 19:10 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M27 westbound within J12 before M275 access).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M27 westbound within J12 before M275 access).
• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M27

• M27 crash J12 eastbound27 Oct 2026 06:07 · cleared after 2 h 52 min
• M27 reported crash J12 eastbound24 Oct 2026 20:18 · cleared after 42 min
• M27 reported crash J12 eastbound24 Oct 2026 17:07 · cleared after 1 h 22 min
• M27 crash J9–J10 eastbound23 Oct 2026 21:08 · cleared after 2 h 27 min
• M27 reported crash J5–J4 westbound23 Oct 2026 06:16 · cleared after 46 min
• M27 crash J11 westbound23 Oct 2026 06:13 · cleared after 2 h 47 min
• M27 crash J8–J9 westbound22 Oct 2026 07:26 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M27 reported crash J12 eastbound20 Oct 2026 11:12 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M27 reported crash J12 eastbound20 Oct 2026 10:33 · cleared after 42 min
• M27 stopped traffic J3–J420 Oct 2026 07:43 · cleared after 1 h 32 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M27 J12.

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