M4 stopped traffic J3–J2

Live Still reported at 09:26 UK time, since 06:42 (2 h 44 min).

Stopped traffic on the M4 at J3–J2 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 06:42. Still reported at 09:26 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M4 · J3–J2

   Queueing traffic

   since 06:42 (2 h 44 min) · delay ~20 min · queue 4.8 mi

   TomTom ×3

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Timeline

1. 06:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. 06:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 07:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 07:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~25 min
5. 08:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~29 min (reported again)
6. 08:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
7. 08:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
8. 08:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 09:10 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M4

• M4 stopped traffic J15–J16 · 07:09, still reported
• M4 closed J16–J17 westbound · 01:57, cleared after 43 min
• M4 closed J19–J20 westbound · yesterday 21:49, cleared after 8 h 40 min
• M4 closed J16–J17 westbound · yesterday 21:42, cleared after 2 h 5 min
• M4 crash J11–J10 eastbound · yesterday 21:33, cleared after 9 h 19 min
• M4 closed J13–J14 westbound · yesterday 19:55, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M4 closed J12–J13 westbound · yesterday 19:55, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M4 closed J15–J16 westbound · yesterday 19:54, cleared after 10 h 35 min
• M4 closed J16–J17 westbound · yesterday 19:54, cleared after 1 h
• M4 closed J20–J21 westbound · yesterday 19:43, cleared after 9 h 52 min

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