M42 stopped traffic J10–J9

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J10–J9 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 06:42. Cleared at 09:04 after 2 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:04 on 20 Oct 2026, after 2 h 22 min

Location

M42 · J10–J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min

Sources

TomTom ×9

Timeline

1. 06:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 06:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 06:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 07:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 07:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 07:09 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12)
7. 07:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
8. 07:14 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7)
9. 07:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~13 min
10. 07:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~16 min (reported again)
11. 07:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 07:46 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 07:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min
14. 07:55 TomTom no longer reports it
15. 07:55 All clear: no source reports it any more
16. 07:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
17. 08:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~16 min
18. 08:09 TomTom no longer reports it
19. 08:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
20. 08:18 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12)
21. 08:22 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~17)
22. 08:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
23. 08:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
24. 08:36 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
25. 08:45 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~23), “Queuing traffic”
26. 08:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
27. 08:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
28. 08:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
29. 08:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
30. 09:04 TomTom no longer reports it
31. 09:04 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 crash J3–J2 southbound07:01 · Live
• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundyesterday 06:23 · cleared after 3 h 5 min
• M42 reported crash J4A northboundSun 16:19 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
• M42 delays J2–J3Fri 15:53 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M42 crash J10 northboundFri 15:48 · cleared after 4 h 7 min
• M42 reported crash J3A northboundFri 08:11 · cleared after 39 min
• M42 crash J4A southboundThu 23:58 · cleared after 50 min
• M42 delays J6Thu 13:59 · cleared after 4 h 46 min
• M42 stopped traffic J7A–J814 Oct 2026 07:30 · cleared after 3 h 36 min
• M42 crash J3A northbound14 Oct 2026 07:27 · cleared after 2 h 26 min

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