M40 crash J5–J4 southbound

Crash on the M40 southbound at J5–J4 on Tuesday 10 November 2026, from 06:19. Still reported at 07:52 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:19 (1 h 33 min)

Location

M40 southbound · J5–J4

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~6 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:19 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 07:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. 07:34 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 07:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
5. 07:47 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 07:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M40 southbound between J5 and J4).
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M40

• M40 reported crash J3–J4 northbound04:36 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M40 reported crash J12–J11 southboundyesterday 21:21 · cleared after 44 min
• M40 stopped traffic J2–J1A southboundyesterday 07:16 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M40 closed J1A–J2 southboundyesterday 06:01 · cleared after 3 h 6 min
• M40 reported crash J9 southboundSat 17:40 · cleared after 42 min
• M40 reported crash J9 southboundSat 00:06 · cleared after 41 min
• M40 reported crash J3A northboundFri 17:58 · cleared after 47 min
• M40 reported crash J11 northboundThu 20:05 · cleared after 1 h 5 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 northboundThu 14:15 · cleared after 1 h 53 min
• M40 reported crash J11–J10 southbound1 Nov 2026 18:49 · cleared after 1 h 27 min

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

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