M42 delays J9 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 10:27 on 13 Oct 2026, after 3 h.
Long delays on the M42 northbound at J9 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 07:27. Cleared at 10:27 after 3 h. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M42 northbound · J9
Obstruction or hazard
07:27–10:27 (cleared after 3 h) · delay ~29 min · queue 17.6 mi
TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~11)
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~18)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~26 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~24 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~20)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (1 sign; furthest along: M42 northbound between M6 Toll and J9).
Other recent incidents on the M42
- M42 delays J10–J9
- M42 reported crash J11 southbound
- M42 crash J10–J9 southbound
- M42 reported crash J4A southbound
- M42 crash J2–J3 northbound
- M42 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound
- M42 crash J8–J9 northbound
- M42 crash J2–J1 southbound
- M42 crash J2 southbound
- M42 delays J5–J4
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