M27 crash J4–J3 westbound

Crash on the M27 westbound at J4–J3 on Tuesday 10 November 2026, from 07:16. Still reported at 08:43 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 07:16 (1 h 27 min)

Location

M27 westbound · J4–J3

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~24 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~38 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. 07:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. 07:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 07:21 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
4. 07:30 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~11)
5. 07:34 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. 07:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 07:49 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION”
8. 07:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. 07:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~25 min
10. 08:06 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
11. 08:06 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~30)
12. 08:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
13. 08:07 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
14. 08:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min
15. 08:15 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
16. 08:34 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~38)
17. 08:38 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (5 signs; furthest along: M27 westbound between J4 and J3).
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION” (4 signs; furthest along: link road from M3 J14 westbound to M27 J4 eastbound).
• Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (2 signs; furthest along: M27 westbound between J7 and J5).

Other recent incidents on the M27

• M27 stopped traffic J4–J3 westboundyesterday 14:03 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M27 stopped traffic J3–J4yesterday 07:16 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M27 crash J11 westboundSat 12:40 · cleared after 1 h 40 min
• M27 crash J9–J8 eastboundThu 16:39 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M27 stopped traffic J3–J4Thu 16:13 · cleared after 3 h 8 min
• M27 crash J4–J3 westboundThu 07:17 · cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M27 crash J7 eastboundWed 18:30 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M27 crash J8 eastboundWed 14:52 · cleared after 1 h 10 min
• M27 stopped traffic J3–J44 Nov 2026 07:42 · cleared after 1 h 22 min
• M27 crash J12 eastbound27 Oct 2026 06:07 · cleared after 2 h 52 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M27 J4 and M27 J3.

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