M40 stopped traffic J9

Stopped traffic on the M40 at J9 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 16:05. Cleared at 16:37 after 32 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:37 on 21 Oct 2026, after 32 min

Location

M40 · J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 16:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~27 min
2. 16:09 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~27)
3. 16:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 16:37 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 16:37 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M40

• M40 closedMon 23:46 · cleared after 41 min
• M40 stopped traffic J5–J4Mon 07:25 · cleared after 1 h 33 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southboundSun 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 southbound15 Oct 2026 06:03 · cleared after 2 h 47 min
• M40 reported crash J3A northbound14 Oct 2026 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

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