M40 crash J10–J9 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 15:17 on 26 Sept 2026, after 1 h 47 min.
Crash on the M40 southbound at J10–J9 on Saturday 26 September 2026, from 13:30. Cleared at 15:17 after 1 h 47 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M40 southbound · J10–J9
Collision
13:30–15:17 (cleared after 1 h 47 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 3.6 mi
TomTom · Motorway signs ×3
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (6 signs; furthest along: M40 southbound between J10 and J9).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (6 signs; furthest along: M40 southbound between J10 and J9).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (7 signs; furthest along: M40 northbound between J9 and J10).
Other recent incidents on the M40
- M40 crash J3–J4 northbound
- M40 reported crash J1 northbound
- M40 reported crash J2–J1A southbound
- M40 reported crash J12–J11 southbound
- M40 crash J5–J6
- M40 closed J3–J2 southbound
- M40 reported crash J9 southbound
- M40 crash J2 southbound
- M40 closed J11
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