M42 delays J4–J3A
Long delays on the M42 at J4–J3A on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 15:53. Cleared at 19:10 after 3 h 17 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 19:10 on 22 Oct 2026, after 3 h 17 min
- Location
- M42 · J4–J3A
- Reported as
- Queueing traffic
- At its worst
- Delay ~24 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~24 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M42
- M42 crash J10–J9 southbound
- 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
- M42 crash J10–J9 southbound
- M42 reported crash J4A northbound
- M42 delays J2–J3
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.