M4 crash J26 eastbound

Crash on the M4 eastbound at J26 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 18:36. Still reported at 20:05 UK time. Timeline of reports from Traffic Wales and TomTom.

Status

Live since 18:36 (1 h 29 min)

Location

M4 eastbound · J26

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

Sources

Traffic Wales ×2 · TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. 18:28 Traffic Wales: lane closure
2. 18:52 TomTom: collision, “Incident”
3. 18:52 TomTom: collision, “Closed, Incident”, road closed
4. 18:52 TomTom: collision, “Incident”
5. 18:52 TomTom: collision, “Closed, Incident”, road closed
6. 18:56 Traffic Wales: road now closed, “to J24 Coldra : Incident : Road closed : Due to Incident : Delays possible”
7. 19:39 Traffic Wales: queueing traffic

Source reports

• M4 : Eastbound : J26 Malpas to J24 Coldra : Incident : Road closed : Due to Incident : Delays possible
• Incident
• Closed, Incident
• M4 : Westbound : J24 Coldra to J25 Caerleon : Congestion : Delays possible

Other recent incidents on the M4

• M4 stopped traffic J14–J1513:41 · cleared after 32 min
• M4 crash J18 eastbound06:45 · cleared after 6 h 56 min
• M4 crash J15–J14 eastboundyesterday 18:24 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M4 stopped traffic J13–J14yesterday 17:28 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M4 crash J13–J12 eastboundyesterday 16:17 · cleared after 1 h 30 min
• M4 crash J16–J17yesterday 16:05 · cleared after 41 min
• M4 reported crash J15–J16 westboundyesterday 01:38 · cleared after 55 min
• M4 crash J4 eastboundSat 23:21 · cleared after 2 h 11 min
• M4 crash J8–J10 westboundSat 12:37 · cleared after 51 min
• M4 closed J14–J15 westboundFri 21:09 · cleared after 2 h 5 min

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