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M3 crash J3–J2 eastbound

Cleared Cleared at 18:31 on 23 Sept 2026, after 1 h 58 min.

Crash on the M3 eastbound at J3–J2 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 16:33. Cleared at 18:31 after 1 h 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.

  1. M3 eastbound · J3–J2

    Collision

    1 of 4 lanes closed · Wed 16:33–Wed 18:31 (cleared after 1 h 58 min) · delay ~5 min · queue 3.0 mi

    TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×2

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Timeline

  1. Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
  2. National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
  5. Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  6. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  7. TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
  8. TomTom: collision, “Incident”
  9. TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
  10. TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
  11. TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~40)
  12. TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic”
  13. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  14. Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
  15. Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  16. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic, Incident”
  17. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  18. National Highways: lane closure lifted
  19. TomTom no longer reports it
  20. All clear: no source reports it any more

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