M4 crash J8–J10 westbound
Crash on the M4 westbound at J8–J10 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 15:23. Cleared at 18:09 after 2 h 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 18:09 on 22 Oct 2026, after 2 h 46 min
- Location
- M4 westbound · J8–J10
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 2 of 4 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~52 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×8
Timeline
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: delay now ~52 min (was ~33)
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~19), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed (was 2)
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M4 westbound between J8 and J10).
- M4 westbound between J8 and J10
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M4 westbound between J8 and J10).
Other recent incidents on the M4
- M4 crash J4B–J5 westbound
- M4 stopped traffic J20–J21
- M4 crash J35 westbound
- M4 closed J20–J21 westbound
- M4 crash J10–J8 eastbound
- M4 crash J18
- M4 crash J19–J20 westbound
- M4 closed J20–J21 westbound
- M4 crash J6–J5 eastbound
- M4 stopped traffic J13–J12 eastbound
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