M4 stopped traffic J13–J12

Stopped traffic on the M4 at J13–J12 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 12:04. Cleared at 12:32 after 28 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:32 on 20 Oct 2026, after 28 min

Location

M4 · J13–J12

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~34 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 12:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
2. 12:27 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~27)
3. 12:32 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 12:32 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M4

• M4 stopped traffic J13–J12 eastbound12:38 · Live
• M4 crash J10 westbound11:57 · cleared after 2 h 5 min
• M4 reported crash J13–J12 eastbound11:48 · cleared after 58 min
• M4 reported crash J13–J12 eastbound07:24 · cleared after 51 min
• M4 stopped traffic J20–J2107:14 · cleared after 2 h 19 min
• M4 crash Eastboundyesterday 18:36 · cleared after 6 h 25 min
• M4 stopped traffic J14–J15yesterday 13:41 · cleared after 32 min
• M4 crash J18 eastboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 6 h 56 min
• M4 crash J15–J14 eastboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M4 stopped traffic J13–J14Sun 17:28 · cleared after 1 h 9 min

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