M3 crash J11

Crash on the M3 at J11 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 10:03. Cleared at 12:26 after 2 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:26 on 26 Oct 2026, after 2 h 22 min

Location

M3 J11

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~11 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Mon 10:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min
2. Mon 10:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. Mon 10:45 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
4. Mon 10:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
5. Mon 10:58 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Mon 11:08 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~6)
7. Mon 11:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
8. Mon 11:21 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
9. Mon 11:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
10. Mon 11:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
11. Mon 11:49 TomTom: now says collision, “Accident, Lane closed”
12. Mon 11:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident, Lane closed”
13. Mon 11:58 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Mon 11:58 All clear: no source reports it any more
15. Mon 12:03 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident, Lane closed”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
16. Mon 12:12 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
17. Mon 12:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
18. Mon 12:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
19. Mon 12:26 TomTom no longer reports it
20. Mon 12:26 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed
• Slow traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed

Other recent incidents on the M3

• M3 crash J3–J2 eastboundSun 15:48 · cleared after 3 h 28 min
• M3 stopped traffic J2–J3 westboundSat 09:57 · cleared after 46 min
• M3 crash J11–J12 westboundFri 14:22 · cleared after 3 h 49 min
• M3 crash J11–J12Fri 10:23 · cleared after 2 h 41 min
• M3 crash J1–J2 westboundThu 12:24 · cleared after 2 h 32 min
• M3 stopped traffic J11 westboundWed 15:42 · cleared after 3 h 1 min
• M3 crash J3 westbound27 Oct 2026 08:47 · cleared after 11 h 49 min
• M3 crash J3–J2 eastbound26 Oct 2026 19:23 · cleared after 24 h 57 min
• M3 reported crash J3 eastbound23 Oct 2026 08:47 · cleared after 46 min
• M3 crash J4–J3 eastbound22 Oct 2026 23:13 · cleared after 1 h 18 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M3 J11.

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