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M3 crash J14–J13 eastbound

Crash on the M3 eastbound at J14–J13 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 15:31. Cleared at 19:52 after 4 h 21 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status
Cleared 19:52 on 22 Oct 2026, after 4 h 21 min
Location
M3 eastbound · J14–J13
Reported as
Collision
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~80 min
Sources
TomTom ×6 · Motorway signs
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
  2. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  3. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  4. TomTom no longer reports it
  5. All clear: no source reports it any more
  6. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  7. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
  8. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
  11. Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  12. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  13. Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  14. TomTom no longer reports it
  15. All clear: no source reports it any more
  16. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
  17. TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~17)
  18. TomTom: delay now ~58 min (was ~30)
  19. TomTom: delay now ~80 min (was ~58)
  20. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min
  21. TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~19), “Slow traffic”
  22. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  23. TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~11)
  24. TomTom no longer reports it
  25. All clear: no source reports it any more
  26. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
  27. TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~26)
  28. TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
  29. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  30. TomTom no longer reports it
  31. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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