M40 crash J2–J3 northbound
Crash on the M40 northbound at J2–J3 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 12:07. Cleared at 14:03 after 1 h 56 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 14:03 on 23 Oct 2026, after 1 h 56 min
- Location
- M40 northbound · J2–J3
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- Road closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~73 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×4
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~14 min
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~44 min (was ~20)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~73 min
- TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~73)
- TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~35)
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~24)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~10), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~5)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M40 northbound between J2 and J3).
- Stationary traffic
- Closed
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M40 northbound between J2 and J3).
- Slow traffic
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