M40 crash J5–J4 northbound
Crash on the M40 northbound at J5–J4 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 14:15. Cleared at 16:09 after 1 h 53 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 16:09 on 5 Nov 2026, after 1 h 53 min
- Location
- M40 northbound · J5–J4
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~73 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF FIRE”
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire”, delay ~29 min
- TomTom: delay now ~61 min (was ~29)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF FIRE”
- TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~55)
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~10 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~10), “Queuing traffic, Incident”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF FIRE” (1 sign; furthest along: M40 northbound between J3 and J4).
- Queuing traffic, Incident
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M40 northbound between J3 and J4).
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 J5–J4 southbound
- M40 crash J11 northbound
- M40 reported crash J11 northbound
- M40 crash J5–J4
- M40 stopped traffic J3–J4 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M40 J5 and M40 J4.
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