M4 stopped traffic J18–J17

Stopped traffic on the M4 at J18–J17 on Friday 6 November 2026, from 21:39. Cleared at 22:02 after 23 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 22:02 on 6 Nov 2026, after 23 min

Location

M4 J18–J17

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 21:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min
2. 21:43 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
3. 21:48 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~13)
4. 21:53 TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~28)
5. 22:02 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 22:02 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Lane closed

Other recent incidents on the M4

• M4 crash J6–J5 eastbound16:50 · cleared after 25 min
• M4 crash Westbound16:21 · cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M4 crash J13–J12 eastbound13:22 · cleared after 1 h 25 min
• M4 crash J5–J4B eastbound12:02 · cleared after 42 min
• M4 crash J4–J4B westbound12:02 · cleared after 42 min
• M4 closed J18–J1700:45 · cleared after 27 min
• M4 crash J6 eastboundyesterday 22:04 · cleared after 12 h 9 min
• M4 reported crash J6 westboundyesterday 22:00 · cleared after 40 min
• M4 crash Westboundyesterday 18:51 · cleared after 45 min
• M4 crash Westboundyesterday 18:46 · cleared after 1 h 15 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M4 J18 and M4 J17.

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