M4 stopped traffic J20–J19

Cleared Cleared at 18:28 on 9 Oct 2026, after 51 min.

Stopped traffic on the M4 at J20–J19 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 17:37. Cleared at 18:28 after 51 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M4 · J20–J19

   Queueing traffic

   Fri 17:37–Fri 18:28 (cleared after 51 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 2.6 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~28 min

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Timeline

1. Fri 17:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~28 min
2. Fri 17:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Fri 18:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Fri 18:28 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Fri 18:28 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M4

• M4 stopped traffic J4–J4B westbound · 06:51, cleared after 2 h 54 min
• M4 closed Westbound · 01:44, cleared after 2 h 15 min
• M4 crash J17–J18 · yesterday 10:09, cleared after 2 h 50 min
• M4 crash J6–J5 eastbound · yesterday 07:10, cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M4 stopped traffic J3–J2 · yesterday 06:43, cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M4 crash J3 eastbound · Mon 18:51, cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M4 closed J19 westbound · Mon 07:57, cleared after 4 h 56 min
• M4 stopped traffic J3–J2 · Mon 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

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