M42 crash J8–J9 northbound

Crash on the M42 northbound at J8–J9 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 12:33. Still reported at 14:13 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 12:33 (1 h 40 min)

Location

M42 northbound · J8–J9

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~12 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~51 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 12:33 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 12:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
3. 12:38 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
4. 12:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
5. 12:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 13:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 13:06 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~20)
8. 13:10 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~27)
9. 13:19 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~51)
10. 13:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 13:24 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
12. 13:29 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
13. 13:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 13:33 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
15. 13:42 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~25), “Queuing traffic, Accident”
16. 13:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
17. 13:47 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. 13:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
19. 14:01 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~24)
20. 14:05 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic, Accident”
21. 14:10 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic, Accident”

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Accident
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (10 signs; furthest along: M42 J10 northbound exit).
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundyesterday 16:11 · cleared after 3 h 26 min
• M42 delays J4–J3Ayesterday 15:53 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M42 crash J2–J3 northboundyesterday 06:47 · cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M42 stopped traffic J7A–J7Wed 14:41 · cleared after 23 min
• M42 crash J2–J1 southboundWed 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

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