M3 crash J3–J2 eastbound
Cleared Cleared at 16:02 on 2 Oct 2026, after 5 h 2 min.
Crash on the M3 eastbound at J3–J2 on Friday 2 October 2026, from 11:00. Cleared at 16:02 after 5 h 2 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M3 eastbound · J3–J2
Collision
11:00–16:02 (cleared after 5 h 2 min) · delay ~14 min · queue 3.2 mi
Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×3
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- TomTom: collision, “Accident, Lane closed”
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~18)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M3 eastbound between J3 and J2).
- Accident, Lane closed
- Stationary traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M3 eastbound between J3 and J2).
- Stationary traffic
Other recent incidents on the M3
- M3 reported crash J11 eastbound
- M3 crash J12–J13 westbound
- M3 crash J3–J2 westbound
- M3 crash J11–J12 westbound
- M3 crash J4–J4A westbound
- M3 crash J10–J11
- M3 crash J2–J3 westbound
- M3 crash J3–J2 eastbound
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