M40 crash J5–J4

Crash on the M40 at J5–J4 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 07:44. Cleared at 09:03 after 1 h 19 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:03 on 27 Oct 2026, after 1 h 19 min

Location

M40 J5–J4

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Tue 07:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Tue 07:45 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Tue 07:45 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Tue 07:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
5. Tue 08:03 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Tue 08:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Tue 08:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
8. Tue 08:17 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Tue 08:21 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
10. Tue 08:25 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~9)
11. Tue 08:30 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~50 min (was ~24), “Stationary traffic”
12. Tue 08:35 TomTom: delay now ~69 min (was ~50)
13. Tue 08:39 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Tue 08:39 All clear: no source reports it any more
15. Tue 08:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
16. Tue 09:03 TomTom no longer reports it
17. Tue 09:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M40

• M40 reported crash J11–J10 southboundSun 18:49 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M40 reported crash J11 northboundSun 18:10 · cleared after 1 h 5 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southboundSun 16:07 · cleared after 3 h 9 min
• M40 reported crash J11–J10 southboundSat 13:31 · cleared after 38 min
• M40 reported crash J11 northboundFri 18:07 · cleared after 56 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southboundFri 15:40 · cleared after 3 h 6 min
• M40 crash J11 northboundFri 14:20 · cleared after 2 h 55 min
• M40 reported crash J11 northbound27 Oct 2026 08:42 · cleared after 11 h 39 min
• M40 stopped traffic J3–J4 northbound26 Oct 2026 17:20 · cleared after 2 h 3 min
• M40 reported crash J1A–J2 northbound26 Oct 2026 08:19 · cleared after 42 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M40 J5 and M40 J4.

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