M42 crash J2–J3 northbound

Crash on the M42 northbound at J2–J3 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 06:47. Still reported at 08:10 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:47 (1 h 23 min)

Location

M42 northbound · J2–J3

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~11 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. 06:47 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 06:52 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
3. 06:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
4. 07:00 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
5. 07:02 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)
6. 07:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
7. 07:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
8. 07:26 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
9. 07:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
10. 07:34 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
11. 07:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 07:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 07:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 08:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (6 signs; furthest along: M42 northbound between J2 and J3).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M42 northbound between J2 and J3).

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 stopped traffic J7A–J7yesterday 14:41 · cleared after 23 min
• M42 crash J2–J1 southboundyesterday 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
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J9Tue 06:42 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundMon 06:23 · cleared after 3 h 5 min
• M42 reported crash J4A northboundSun 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

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