M4 crash J10–J8 eastbound
Cleared Cleared at 09:51 on 5 Oct 2026, after 3 h 20 min.
Crash on the M4 eastbound at J10–J8 on Monday 5 October 2026, from 06:31. Cleared at 09:51 after 3 h 20 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.
M4 eastbound · J10–J8
Collision
1 of 4 lanes closed · yesterday 06:31–yesterday 09:51 (cleared after 3 h 20 min) · delay ~7 min · queue 3.9 mi
Motorway signs ×4 · TomTom · National Highways ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION [HCA0]”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD[HCA0]”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION [HCA0]”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~11)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD[HCA0]”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD[HCA0]” (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD[HCA0]”
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~18)
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION [HCA0]” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 eastbound between J10 and J8).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD[HCA0]” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 eastbound between J10 and J8).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 eastbound within J8).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 eastbound between J10 and J8).
- M4 eastbound between J10 and J8
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