M42 stopped traffic J4–J3A

Cleared Cleared at 18:46 on 7 Oct 2026, after 3 h 4 min.

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J4–J3A on Wednesday 7 October 2026, from 15:43. Cleared at 18:46 after 3 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M42 · J4–J3A

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 15:43–Wed 18:46 (cleared after 3 h 4 min) · delay ~3 min · queue 2.9 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 15:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Wed 16:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Wed 16:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Wed 16:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Wed 16:28 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Wed 16:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
7. Wed 16:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Wed 16:37 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Wed 16:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Wed 17:00 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. Wed 17:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Wed 17:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. Wed 17:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. Wed 17:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Wed 17:42 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Wed 17:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. Wed 17:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Wed 17:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
19. Wed 18:05 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14)
20. Wed 18:18 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~22)
21. Wed 18:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Wed 18:32 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
23. Wed 18:46 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Wed 18:46 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow 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

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.