M40 stopped traffic J1A–J2

Stopped traffic on the M40 at J1A–J2 on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 07:19. Cleared at 09:32 after 2 h 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:32 on 6 Oct 2026, after 2 h 14 min

Location

M40 J1A–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~13 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Tue 07:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. Tue 07:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Tue 07:28 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. Tue 07:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Tue 08:09 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Tue 09:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Tue 09:18 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13)
8. Tue 09:22 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Tue 09:32 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Tue 09:32 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow 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 J1A and M40 J2.

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