M4 stopped traffic J13–J14

Stopped traffic on the M4 at J13–J14 on Sunday 18 October 2026, from 17:28. Cleared at 18:36 after 1 h 9 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:36 on 18 Oct 2026, after 1 h 9 min

Location

M4 · J13–J14

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 17:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
2. 17:37 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
3. 18:13 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~18)
4. 18:18 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 18:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 18:36 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 18:36 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M4

• M4 crash J15–J14 eastbound18:24 · Live
• M4 crash J13–J12 eastbound16:17 · cleared after 1 h 30 min
• M4 crash J16–J1716:05 · cleared after 41 min
• M4 reported crash J15–J16 westbound01:38 · cleared after 55 min
• M4 crash J4 eastboundyesterday 23:21 · cleared after 2 h 11 min
• M4 crash J8–J10 westboundyesterday 12:37 · cleared after 51 min
• M4 closed J14–J15 westboundFri 21:09 · cleared after 2 h 5 min
• M4 crash WestboundFri 16:05 · cleared after 35 min
• M4 crash J10–J8 eastboundFri 15:33 · cleared after 2 h 3 min
• M4 stopped traffic J16–J17 westboundFri 14:10 · cleared after 1 h 26 min

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