M42 stopped traffic J10–J11

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J10–J11 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 06:38. Cleared at 08:41 after 2 h 3 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:41 on 11 Nov 2026, after 2 h 3 min

Location

M42 J10–J11

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×11

Timeline

1. 06:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 06:47 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
3. 06:52 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 06:52 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. 06:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
6. 07:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 07:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
8. 07:14 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 07:14 All clear: no source reports it any more
10. 07:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
11. 07:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
12. 07:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
13. 07:37 TomTom no longer reports it
14. 07:37 All clear: no source reports it any more
15. 07:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
16. 07:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
17. 07:51 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
18. 08:00 TomTom no longer reports it
19. 08:00 All clear: no source reports it any more
20. 08:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~25 min
21. 08:09 TomTom no longer reports it
22. 08:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
23. 08:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~22 min
24. 08:23 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~22)
25. 08:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
26. 08:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. 08:32 TomTom no longer reports it
28. 08:32 All clear: no source reports it any more
29. 08:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
30. 08:41 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

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

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 stopped traffic J5–J407:42 · Live
• M42 crash J4–J504:39 · cleared after 19 min
• M42 crash J5–J6 northboundMon 15:20 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• 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 J10 and M42 J11.

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