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M42 crash J4–J5 southbound

Cleared Cleared at 18:10 on 25 Sept 2026, after 4 h 53 min.

Crash on the M42 southbound at J4–J5 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 13:17. Cleared at 18:10 after 4 h 53 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

  1. M42 southbound · J4–J5

    Collision

    yesterday 13:17–yesterday 18:10 (cleared after 4 h 53 min) · delay ~3 min · queue 2.7 mi

    Motorway signs · TomTom ×2

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Timeline

  1. Motorway signs: “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  3. Motorway signs no longer show “DEBRIS IN ROAD - SLOW”
  4. TomTom no longer reports it
  5. All clear: no source reports it any more
  6. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  7. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  8. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  10. TomTom: now says collision, “Slow traffic, Accident”
  11. TomTom: “Heavy traffic, Accident”
  12. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  13. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  14. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  15. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  16. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  17. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  18. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  19. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  20. TomTom no longer reports it
  21. All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

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