M4 stopped traffic J3–J2

Cleared Cleared at 09:04 on 5 Oct 2026, after 2 h 22 min.

Stopped traffic on the M4 at J3–J2 on Monday 5 October 2026, from 06:43. Cleared at 09:04 after 2 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M4 · J3–J2

   Queueing traffic

   Mon 06:43–Mon 09:04 (cleared after 2 h 22 min) · delay ~17 min · queue 5.1 mi

   TomTom ×5

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

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Timeline

1. Mon 06:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
2. Mon 06:52 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. Mon 06:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Mon 07:24 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. Mon 08:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Mon 08:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min
7. Mon 08:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
8. Mon 08:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Mon 08:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min (reported again)
10. Mon 08:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
11. Mon 08:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
12. Mon 09:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
13. Mon 09:04 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Mon 09:04 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary 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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