M42 stopped traffic J5–J4

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J5–J4 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 07:42. Still reported at 08:56 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 07:42 (1 h 14 min)

Location

M42 J5–J4

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~36 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~41 min

Sources

TomTom ×8

Timeline

1. 07:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 07:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. 08:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
4. 08:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
5. 08:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
6. 08:09 TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~7)
7. 08:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. 08:18 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~35), “Slow traffic”
9. 08:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 08:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
11. 08:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
12. 08:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 08:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 08:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
15. 08:50 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic, Lane closed

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• M42 stopped traffic J10–J1106:38 · cleared after 2 h 3 min
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• M42 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundMon 06:33 · cleared after 3 h 8 min
• M42 reported crash J3A–J3 southboundFri 17:58 · cleared after 47 min
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundThu 15:56 · cleared after 1 h 5 min
• M42 reported crash J10 northbound4 Nov 2026 17:07 · cleared after 56 min
• M42 reported crash J10–J11 northbound4 Nov 2026 15:08 · cleared after 55 min
• M42 crash J3A northbound3 Nov 2026 16:21 · cleared after 3 h 6 min
• M42 crash J2–J3 northbound3 Nov 2026 07:17 · cleared after 2 h 8 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M42 J5 and M42 J4.

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