M42 crash J10–J9 southbound

Crash on the M42 southbound at J10–J9 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 06:23. Still reported at 08:53 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:23 (2 h 29 min)

Location

M42 southbound · J10–J9

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~12 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~133 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 06:23 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 06:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
3. 06:29 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~15)
4. 07:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
5. 07:24 TomTom: delay now ~104 min (was ~78)
6. 07:39 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
7. 07:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. 08:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 08:10 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 08:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~51 min
11. 08:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
12. 08:51 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~22)

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (7 signs; furthest along: M42 southbound between J10 and J9).
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 reported crash J4A northboundyesterday 16:19 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
• M42 delays J2–J3Fri 15:53 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M42 crash J10 northboundFri 15:48 · cleared after 4 h 7 min
• M42 reported crash J3A northboundFri 08:11 · cleared after 39 min
• M42 crash J4A southboundThu 23:58 · cleared after 50 min
• M42 delays J6Thu 13:59 · cleared after 4 h 46 min
• M42 stopped traffic J7A–J8Wed 07:30 · cleared after 3 h 36 min
• M42 crash J3A northboundWed 07:27 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M42 delays J3A–J313 Oct 2026 07:54 · cleared after 1 h 32 min
• M42 delays J9 northbound13 Oct 2026 07:27 · cleared after 3 h

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