M42 delays J10–J9

Long delays on the M42 at J10–J9 on Monday 28 September 2026, from 06:44. Cleared at 08:58 after 2 h 13 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:58 on 28 Sept 2026, after 2 h 13 min

Location

M42 J10–J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~12 min

Sources

TomTom ×7

Timeline

1. Mon 06:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. Mon 06:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
3. Mon 06:53 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Mon 06:53 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Mon 07:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
6. Mon 07:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
7. Mon 07:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
8. Mon 07:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
9. Mon 07:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
10. Mon 07:44 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~3)
11. Mon 08:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Mon 08:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. Mon 08:58 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Mon 08:58 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Stationary 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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