M4 stopped traffic J20–J19

Cleared Cleared at 16:57 on 9 Oct 2026, after 1 h 10 min.

Stopped traffic on the M4 at J20–J19 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 15:47. Cleared at 16:57 after 1 h 10 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M4 · J20–J19

   Queueing traffic

   Fri 15:47–Fri 16:57 (cleared after 1 h 10 min) · delay ~39 min · queue 7.0 mi

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Timeline

1. Fri 15:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~37 min
2. Fri 15:52 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Fri 15:52 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Fri 16:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~40 min
5. Fri 16:29 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Fri 16:29 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Fri 16:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
8. Fri 16:57 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Fri 16:57 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M4

• M4 crash J3 eastbound · 18:51, cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M4 closed J19 westbound · 07:57, cleared after 4 h 56 min
• M4 delays J3–J2 · 06:41, cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M4 reported crash J15–J16 westbound · Sat 12:09, cleared after 1 h 5 min
• M4 crash J3–J2 eastbound · Sat 09:28, cleared after 45 min
• M4 crash J8–J7 eastbound · Fri 20:12, cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M4 reported crash J15–J14 eastbound · Fri 19:27, cleared after 43 min
• M4 crash J11–J12 westbound · Fri 15:06, cleared after 11 h 35 min
• M4 delays Westbound · Fri 13:46, cleared after 6 h 59 min
• M4 crash J8–J10 westbound · Fri 12:30, cleared after 2 h 45 min

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