M40 crash J5–J4 southbound
Crash on the M40 southbound at J5–J4 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 15:40. Cleared at 18:46 after 3 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 18:46 on 30 Oct 2026, after 3 h 6 min
- Location
- M40 southbound · J5–J4
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~58 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs · TomTom ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF ANIMALS”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~31 min
- TomTom: delay now ~54 min (was ~31)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~56 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF ANIMALS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~31 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF ANIMALS” (1 sign; furthest along: M40 southbound between J5 and J4).
- Slow traffic
- Stationary traffic
Other recent incidents on the M40
- M40 reported crash J11–J10 southbound
- M40 reported crash J11 northbound
- M40 crash J5–J4 southbound
- M40 reported crash J11–J10 southbound
- M40 reported crash J11 northbound
- M40 crash J11 northbound
- M40 reported crash J11 northbound
- M40 crash J5–J4
- M40 stopped traffic J3–J4 northbound
- M40 reported crash J1A–J2 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M40 J5 and M40 J4.
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