M40 crash J10–J9 southbound
Crash on the M40 southbound at J10–J9 on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 06:03. Still reported at 08:23 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Live since 06:03 (2 h 20 min)
- Location
- M40 southbound · J10–J9
- Reported as
- Collision
- Delay
- ~47 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~94 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~20)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M40 southbound within J9).
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (7 signs; furthest along: M40 southbound between J10 and J9).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M40 southbound between J10 and J9).
Other recent incidents on the M40
- M40 reported crash J3A northbound
- M40 crash J2–J1A southbound
- M40 crash J9–J10 northbound
- M40 crash J5–J4 southbound
- M40 crash J3–J4 northbound
- M40 crash J5–J4 southbound
- M40 crash J1A–J2 northbound
- M40 stopped traffic J5–J4 southbound
- M40 crash J3–J4 northbound
- M40 reported crash J11 northbound
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.