M42 stopped traffic J10–J9

Cleared Cleared at 07:55 on 29 Sept 2026, after 1 h 18 min.

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J10–J9 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, from 06:37. Cleared at 07:55 after 1 h 18 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M42 · J10–J9

   Queueing traffic

   Tue 06:37–Tue 07:55 (cleared after 1 h 18 min) · delay ~13 min · queue 9.6 mi

   TomTom ×7

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

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Timeline

1. Tue 06:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Tue 06:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. Tue 06:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
4. Tue 07:00 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7), “Queuing traffic”
5. Tue 07:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Tue 07:09 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~13)
7. Tue 07:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
8. Tue 07:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Tue 07:23 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~8), “Queuing traffic”
10. Tue 07:27 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~22)
11. Tue 07:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
12. Tue 07:32 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
13. Tue 07:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~13 min
14. Tue 07:41 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Tue 07:41 All clear: no source reports it any more
16. Tue 07:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
17. Tue 07:55 TomTom no longer reports it

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic

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 stopped traffic J10–J9 · Mon 07:15, cleared after 2 h 36 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

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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.