M42 delays J4–J5

Cleared Cleared at 09:36 on 29 Sept 2026, after 1 h 9 min.

Long delays on the M42 at J4–J5 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, from 08:27. Cleared at 09:36 after 1 h 9 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M42 · J4–J5

   Queueing traffic

   Tue 08:27–Tue 09:36 (cleared after 1 h 9 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 3.7 mi

   TomTom ×3

At its worst: delay ~29 min

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Timeline

1. Tue 08:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Tue 08:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. Tue 08:36 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
4. Tue 08:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
5. Tue 08:49 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Tue 08:59 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~23)
7. Tue 09:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
8. Tue 09:03 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~10)
9. Tue 09:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Tue 09:22 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. Tue 09:36 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Tue 09:36 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 stopped traffic J7A–J8 · 07:30, cleared after 3 h 36 min
• M42 crash J3A northbound · 07:27, cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M42 delays J3A–J3 · yesterday 07:54, cleared after 1 h 32 min
• M42 delays J9 northbound · yesterday 07:27, cleared after 3 h
• M42 stopped traffic J11–J10 · yesterday 06:41, cleared after 55 min
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J9 · Mon 07:15, cleared after 2 h 36 min
• M42 reported crash J11 southbound · Sun 15:55, cleared after 65 h 39 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southbound · Fri 16:37, cleared after 5 h 4 min
• M42 stopped traffic J6 · Fri 12:00, cleared after 6 h 13 min
• M42 reported crash J4A southbound · Fri 11:55, cleared after 1 h 12 min

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