M42 stopped traffic J10–J9

Cleared Cleared at 09:52 on 12 Oct 2026, after 2 h 36 min.

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J10–J9 on Monday 12 October 2026, from 07:15. Cleared at 09:52 after 2 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M42 · J10–J9

   Queueing traffic

   Mon 07:15–Mon 09:52 (cleared after 2 h 36 min) · delay ~20 min · queue 10.4 mi

   TomTom ×11

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

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Timeline

1. Mon 07:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Mon 07:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Mon 07:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
4. Mon 07:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
5. Mon 07:43 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic”
6. Mon 07:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
7. Mon 07:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
8. Mon 07:57 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Mon 08:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
10. Mon 08:19 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~5)
11. Mon 08:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~22 min
12. Mon 08:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
13. Mon 08:33 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~22), “Slow traffic”
14. Mon 08:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~14 min
15. Mon 08:42 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~14)
16. Mon 08:42 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~4)
17. Mon 08:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
18. Mon 08:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
19. Mon 09:01 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~8)
20. Mon 09:05 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16), “Slow traffic”
21. Mon 09:10 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11)
22. Mon 09:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
23. Mon 09:52 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Mon 09:52 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

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

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 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
• M42 crash J2–J3 northbound · Thu 19:07, cleared after 50 min

About this page

This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.