M3 crash J3–J2 eastbound
Crash on the M3 eastbound at J3–J2 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 16:36. Cleared at 14:58 after 478 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 14:58 on 13 Oct 2026, after 478 h 22 min
- Location
- M3 eastbound · J3–J2
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 2 of 4 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~40 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: collision, “Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~40)
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE” (reported again)
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M3 westbound between J2 and J3).
- M3 westbound between J2 and J3
- Slow traffic, Incident
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (10 signs; furthest along: M3 eastbound between J3 and J2).
- Incident
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Live traffic and past incidents at M3 J3 and M3 J2.
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