M40 crash J16–J15

Crash on the M40 at J16–J15 on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 18:58. Cleared at 19:17 after 18 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:17 on 15 Oct 2026, after 18 min

Location

M40 · J16–J15

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~41 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 18:58 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~41 min
2. 19:12 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~27), “Queuing traffic, Incident”
3. 19:17 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 19:17 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Incident

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