M3 stopped traffic J13–J12 eastbound
Cleared Cleared at 15:29 on 13 Oct 2026, after 4 h 31 min.
Stopped traffic on the M3 eastbound at J13–J12 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 10:57. Cleared at 15:29 after 4 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M3 eastbound · J13–J12
Obstruction or hazard
10:57–15:29 (cleared after 4 h 31 min) · delay ~21 min · queue 2.8 mi
Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~144 min
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~57 min (was ~108)
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~57)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M3 eastbound between J13 and J12).
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M3 eastbound between J14 and J13).
Other recent incidents on the M3
- M3 crash J14–J13 eastbound
- M3 stopped traffic J12–J13
- M3 crash J3–J2 eastbound
- M3 reported crash J4–J4A westbound
- M3 crash J3–J4 westbound
- M3 closed J13–J14
- M3 crash J3–J4 westbound
- M3 crash J4A eastbound
- M3 reported crash J11 eastbound
- M3 crash J3–J2 eastbound
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