M4 crash J13–J12 eastbound

Crash on the M4 eastbound at J13–J12 on Friday 6 November 2026, from 13:22. Cleared at 14:48 after 1 h 25 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 14:48 on 6 Nov 2026, after 1 h 25 min

Location

M4 eastbound · J13–J12

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~74 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 13:22 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
2. 13:55 Motorway signs: “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW”
3. 14:06 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~35 min
4. 14:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
5. 14:11 TomTom: delay now ~51 min (was ~35)
6. 14:14 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
7. 14:15 TomTom: delay now ~69 min (was ~51)
8. 14:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 14:29 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~65)
10. 14:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
11. 14:34 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~23)
12. 14:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
13. 14:44 Motorway signs no longer show “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW”
14. 14:48 TomTom no longer reports it
15. 14:48 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (7 signs; furthest along: M4 eastbound within J13).
• Stationary traffic, Incident
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW” (10 signs; furthest along: M4 westbound between J12 and J13).
• Overhead signs read “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW” (10 signs; furthest along: M4 eastbound between J13 and J12).

Other recent incidents on the M4

• M4 crash J5–J4B eastbound12:02 · cleared after 42 min
• M4 crash J4–J4B westbound12:02 · cleared after 42 min
• M4 closed J18–J1700:45 · cleared after 27 min
• M4 crash J6 eastboundyesterday 22:04 · cleared after 12 h 9 min
• M4 reported crash J6 westboundyesterday 22:00 · cleared after 40 min
• M4 crash Westboundyesterday 18:51 · cleared after 45 min
• M4 crash Westboundyesterday 18:46 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M4 crash J4 eastboundyesterday 17:39 · cleared after 1 h 30 min
• M4 crash J13–J14yesterday 16:40 · cleared after 1 h 55 min
• M4 crash Westboundyesterday 16:01 · cleared after 3 h 20 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M4 J13 and M4 J12.

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