M40 stopped traffic J5–J4

Stopped traffic on the M40 at J5–J4 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 07:25. Still reported at 08:50 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 07:25 (1 h 25 min)

Location

M40 · J5–J4

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~6 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~35 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 07:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
2. 08:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. 08:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 08:34 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. 08:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 08:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M40

• M40 crash J5–J4 southboundyesterday 15:32 · cleared after 2 h 27 min
• M40 reported crash J3–J4 northboundFri 10:04 · cleared after 47 min
• M40 reported crash J3A northboundFri 08:11 · cleared after 39 min
• M40 crash J16–J15Thu 18:58 · cleared after 18 min
• M40 crash J10–J9 southboundThu 06:03 · cleared after 2 h 47 min
• M40 reported crash J3A northboundWed 07:27 · cleared after 37 min
• M40 crash J2–J1A southbound12 Oct 2026 07:09 · cleared after 1 h 17 min
• M40 crash J9–J10 northbound11 Oct 2026 15:26 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southbound8 Oct 2026 05:49 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M40 crash J3–J4 northbound8 Oct 2026 05:49 · cleared after 1 h 35 min

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