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M3 crash J11–J12

Crash on the M3 at J11–J12 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 10:23. Cleared at 13:04 after 2 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 13:04 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 41 min
Location
M3 J11–J12
Reported as
Road closed
Lanes
Road closed
At its worst
Stationary traffic
Sources
TomTom ×5
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
  2. TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~23)
  3. TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
  4. TomTom: delay now ~53 min (was ~35)
  5. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
  6. TomTom: delay now ~83 min (was ~60)
  7. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
  8. TomTom: road closed
  9. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
  10. TomTom: delay now ~114 min (was ~83)
  11. TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~58 min
  12. TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~58)
  13. TomTom: delay now ~50 min (was ~16)
  14. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  15. TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~24)
  16. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~8 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic”
  17. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  18. TomTom no longer reports it
  19. All clear: no source reports it any more
  20. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  21. TomTom no longer reports it
  22. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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Live traffic and past incidents at M3 J11 and M3 J12.

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