M4 stopped traffic J3–J2

Cleared Cleared at 06:50 on 30 Sept 2026, after 24 h 2 min.

Stopped traffic on the M4 at J3–J2 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, from 06:48. Cleared at 06:50 after 24 h 2 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M4 · J3–J2

   Queueing traffic

   Tue 06:48–Wed 06:50 (cleared after 24 h 2 min) · delay ~17 min · queue 5.0 mi

   TomTom ×3

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

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Timeline

1. Tue 06:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. Tue 07:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Tue 07:24 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. Tue 07:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Tue 07:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Tue 08:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min
7. Tue 08:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
8. Tue 08:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Tue 09:05 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Tue 09:05 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. Wed 06:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
12. Wed 06:50 TomTom: still reported after more than 24 hours, so treated as out of date
13. Wed 06:50 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing 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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