M4 crash J6 westbound
Crash on the M4 westbound at J6 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 15:41. Cleared at 17:17 after 1 h 35 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 17:17 on 11 Nov 2026, after 1 h 35 min
- Location
- M4 westbound · J6
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- Lanes
- 2 of 4 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~41 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom · National Highways
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~11)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~41 min (was ~25), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~41)
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 westbound between J5 and J6).
- Slow traffic
- M4 westbound within J6
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 westbound within J6).
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Live traffic and past incidents at M4 J6.
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