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M42 crash J10

Crash on the M42 at J10 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 16:12. Cleared at 18:25 after 2 h 13 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 18:25 on 27 Oct 2026, after 2 h 13 min
Location
M42 J10
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min
Sources
TomTom ×9
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
  2. TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic”
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
  4. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  5. TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~30 min (reported again)
  6. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
  7. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~18 min (was ~30), “Stationary traffic”
  8. TomTom no longer reports it
  9. All clear: no source reports it any more
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  11. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
  12. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
  14. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
  15. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  16. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
  18. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
  19. TomTom no longer reports it
  20. All clear: no source reports it any more
  21. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
  22. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
  23. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
  24. TomTom no longer reports it
  25. All clear: no source reports it any more

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