M42 delays J4
Long delays on the M42 at J4 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 12:44. Still reported at 15:17 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.
- Status
- Live since 12:44 (2 h 34 min)
- Location
- M42 · J4
- Reported as
- Queueing traffic
- Delay
- ~24 min
- At its worst
- Delay ~28 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×10
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~3)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~5)
- TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~3)
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~8)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~8)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
Other recent incidents on the M42
- M42 crash J10–J9 northbound
- M42 crash J9 northbound
- M42 crash J10–J9 southbound
- M42 delays J4–J3A
- M42 crash J2–J3 northbound
- M42 stopped traffic J7A–J7
- M42 crash J2–J1 southbound
- M42 stopped traffic J9–J10
- M42 crash J3–J2 southbound
- M42 stopped traffic J10–J9
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