M42 delays J5–J4

Cleared Cleared at 18:50 on 24 Sept 2026, after 3 h 11 min.

Long delays on the M42 at J5–J4 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 15:38. Cleared at 18:50 after 3 h 11 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M42 · J5–J4

   Queueing traffic

   Thu 15:38–Thu 18:50 (cleared after 3 h 11 min) · delay ~19 min · queue 9.0 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: delay ~22 min

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Timeline

1. Thu 15:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Thu 15:51 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~5)
3. Thu 16:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Thu 17:00 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. Thu 17:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Thu 17:44 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Thu 17:44 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Thu 17:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
9. Thu 17:53 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~8)
10. Thu 18:02 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~21)
11. Thu 18:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Thu 18:45 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. Thu 18:50 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Thu 18:50 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic
• 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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