M42 crash J4A northbound

Crash on the M42 northbound at J4A on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 12:47. Still reported at 14:24 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Live since 12:47 (1 h 37 min)

Location

M42 northbound · J4A

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~12 min

At its worst

Road closed

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 12:47 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 13:11 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
3. 13:24 TomTom: road closed
4. 13:42 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 14:14 TomTom: collision, “Accident, Lane closed”
6. 14:19 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~8 min

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (4 signs; furthest along: link road from M5 J4A northbound to M42 northbound).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M42 northbound between M5 and J1).
• Closed
• Accident, Lane closed
• Stationary traffic, Accident

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 crash14:09 · Live
• M42 stopped traffic J5–J4yesterday 07:42 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J11 northboundyesterday 06:38 · cleared after 3 h 7 min
• M42 crash J4–J5yesterday 04:39 · cleared after 19 min
• M42 crash J5–J6 northboundMon 15:20 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundMon 06:33 · cleared after 3 h 8 min
• M42 reported crash J3A–J3 southboundFri 17:58 · cleared after 47 min
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J9 southbound5 Nov 2026 15:56 · cleared after 1 h 5 min
• M42 reported crash J10 northbound4 Nov 2026 17:07 · cleared after 56 min
• M42 reported crash J10–J11 northbound4 Nov 2026 15:08 · cleared after 55 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M42 J4A.

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