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M42 stopped traffic J5–J4

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J5–J4 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 07:42. Still reported at 09:10 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Live since 07:42 (1 h 28 min)
Location
M42 J5–J4
Reported as
Queueing traffic
Delay
~17 min
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~41 min
Sources
TomTom ×12
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  5. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  6. TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~7)
  7. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  8. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~35), “Slow traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
  11. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  12. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  13. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  14. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
  15. TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
  16. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~30 min
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  18. TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~30)
  19. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
  20. TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
  21. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~17 min

Source reports

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