M42 delays J7A–J8

Long delays on the M42 at J7A–J8 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 07:40. Cleared at 09:07 after 1 h 27 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:07 on 28 Oct 2026, after 1 h 27 min

Location

M42 J7A–J8

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Wed 07:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 08:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. Wed 08:21 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~20), “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
4. Wed 08:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
5. Wed 08:31 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Wed 08:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
7. Wed 08:47 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Wed 08:47 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Wed 08:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
10. Wed 09:07 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Wed 09:07 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 reported crash J7A–J7 southboundyesterday 12:05 · cleared after 45 min
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J11yesterday 06:46 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M42 reported crash J10–J11 northboundSun 19:27 · cleared after 49 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundSun 13:27 · cleared after 2 h 47 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundSun 04:33 · cleared after 39 min
• M42 crash J1027 Oct 2026 16:12 · cleared after 2 h 13 min
• M42 crash J5–J627 Oct 2026 15:12 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M42 crash J4A southbound26 Oct 2026 17:17 · cleared after 1 h 47 min
• M42 crash J1 northbound24 Oct 2026 18:27 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southbound24 Oct 2026 12:26 · cleared after 2 h 12 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M42 J7A and M42 J8.

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