M42 crash J10–J11

Crash on the M42 at J10–J11 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 15:10. Still reported at 17:08 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 15:10 (1 h 59 min)

Location

M42 · J10–J11

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~4 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom ×6

Timeline

1. 15:10 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Slow traffic”, delay ~2 min
2. 15:14 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 15:14 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 15:19 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~22 min (reported again)
5. 15:23 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~16 min
6. 15:23 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~6 min (was ~22), “Slow traffic”
7. 15:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
8. 15:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
9. 15:42 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
10. 15:46 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
11. 15:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 15:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 16:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
14. 16:05 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9)
15. 16:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
16. 16:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
17. 16:37 TomTom no longer reports it
18. 16:37 All clear: no source reports it any more
19. 16:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
20. 16:42 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Slow traffic”, delay ~2 min (reported again)
21. 16:46 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
22. 17:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 crash J10–J9 northbound14:10 · cleared after 1 h 24 min
• M42 delays J3A–J4 northbound12:44 · Live
• M42 crash J9 northbound12:33 · cleared after 2 h 9 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundyesterday 16:11 · cleared after 3 h 26 min
• M42 delays J4–J3Ayesterday 15:53 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M42 crash J2–J3 northboundyesterday 06:47 · cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M42 stopped traffic J7A–J7Wed 14:41 · cleared after 23 min
• M42 crash J2–J1 southboundWed 12:12 · cleared after 4 h 7 min
• M42 stopped traffic J9–J10Tue 14:29 · cleared after 3 h 45 min
• M42 crash J3–J2 southboundTue 07:01 · cleared after 4 h 15 min

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