M4 crash J8–J10 westbound
Crash on the M4 westbound at J8–J10 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 11:52. Still reported at 13:32 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.
- Status
- Live since 11:52 (1 h 40 min)
- Location
- M4 westbound · J8–J10
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~35 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom · National Highways ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 3 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
- National Highways: 3 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~18)
- TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~35)
- TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~24)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~9)
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed (was 3)
- TomTom no longer reports it
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M4 westbound between J8 and J10).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M4 westbound between J8 and J10).
- M4 westbound between J8 and J10
Other recent incidents on the M4
- M4 crash J19–J20 westbound
- M4 stopped traffic J3–J2 westbound
- M4 stopped traffic J19
- M4 crash J13–J12 eastbound
- M4 crash Westbound
- M4 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M4 crash J3 westbound
- M4 crash J20–J19 eastbound
- M4 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M4 crash J4B–J5 westbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M4 J8 and M4 J10.
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