M40 crash J9 northbound

Crash on the M40 northbound at J9 on Saturday 24 October 2026, from 10:28. Cleared at 11:18 after 50 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 11:18 on 24 Oct 2026, after 50 min

Location

M40 northbound · J9

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Delay ~5 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. Sat 10:28 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. Sat 10:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. Sat 11:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Sat 11:08 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
5. Sat 11:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Sat 11:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Sat 11:18 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Sat 11:18 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M40 northbound within J9).
• Queuing 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 crash J5–J427 Oct 2026 07:44 · cleared after 1 h 19 min
• M40 stopped traffic J3–J4 northbound26 Oct 2026 17:20 · cleared after 2 h 3 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M40 J9.

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