M4 crash J4 eastbound
Crash on the M4 eastbound at J4 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 17:39. Cleared at 19:09 after 1 h 30 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 19:09 on 5 Nov 2026, after 1 h 30 min
- Location
- M4 eastbound · J4
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Delay ~9 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M4 eastbound within J4).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 eastbound within J4).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (5 signs; furthest along: M4 westbound between J4 and J4B).
Other recent incidents on the M4
- M4 crash Westbound
- M4 crash Westbound
- M4 crash J13–J14
- M4 crash Westbound
- M4 crash Westbound
- M4 crash J8–J10 westbound
- M4 crash J19–J20 westbound
- M4 stopped traffic J3–J2 westbound
- M4 stopped traffic J19
- M4 crash J13–J12 eastbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M4 J4.
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