M42 crash J10–J9 southbound
Live Still reported at 20:19 UK time, since 16:37 (3 h 43 min).
Crash on the M42 southbound at J10–J9 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 16:37. Still reported at 20:19 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M42 southbound · J10–J9
Collision
since 16:37 (3 h 43 min)
TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
- TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~55 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~30 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~55 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom no longer reports it
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M42 southbound between J10 and J9).
- Queuing traffic, Accident
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