M4 crash J3–J2 westbound

Crash on the M4 westbound at J3–J2 on Saturday 26 September 2026, from 17:09. Cleared at 17:51 after 42 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:51 on 26 Sept 2026, after 42 min

Location

M4 westbound · J3–J2

Reported as

Collision

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Sat 17:09 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
2. Sat 17:28 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~9 min
3. Sat 17:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
4. Sat 17:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Sat 17:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Sat 17:48 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
7. Sat 17:51 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Sat 17:51 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT [HCA2]” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 westbound within J3).
• Stationary traffic, Incident
• Stationary traffic

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• M4 reported crash J15–J14 eastboundMon 22:41 · cleared after 54 min
• M4 crash J8–J10 westboundMon 18:25 · cleared after 46 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M4 J3 and M4 J2.

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