M42 crash J10–J9 southbound

Crash on the M42 southbound at J10–J9 on Saturday 24 October 2026, from 12:26. Cleared at 14:39 after 2 h 12 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 14:39 on 24 Oct 2026, after 2 h 12 min

Location

M42 southbound · J10–J9

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Sat 12:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
2. Sat 12:30 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Sat 12:30 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Sat 12:44 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~59 min (reported again)
5. Sat 12:53 TomTom: delay now ~60 min (was ~45)
6. Sat 13:25 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
7. Sat 13:30 TomTom: delay now ~56 min (was ~41)
8. Sat 13:39 TomTom: delay now ~79 min (was ~59)
9. Sat 13:44 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Sat 14:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
11. Sat 14:25 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Sat 14:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. Sat 14:34 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Sat 14:39 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
15. Sat 14:39 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Accident
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M42 southbound between J10 and J9).
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 reported crash J7A–J7 southboundyesterday 12:05 · cleared after 45 min
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J11yesterday 06:46 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M42 reported crash J10–J11 northboundSun 19:27 · cleared after 49 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundSun 13:27 · cleared after 2 h 47 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundSun 04:33 · cleared after 39 min
• M42 delays J7A–J8Wed 07:40 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M42 crash J1027 Oct 2026 16:12 · cleared after 2 h 13 min
• M42 crash J5–J627 Oct 2026 15:12 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M42 crash J4A southbound26 Oct 2026 17:17 · cleared after 1 h 47 min
• M42 crash J1 northbound24 Oct 2026 18:27 · cleared after 1 h 2 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M42 J10 and M42 J9.

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