M42 crash J5–J6 northbound
Crash on the M42 northbound at J5–J6 on Monday 9 November 2026, from 15:20. Still reported at 17:16 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 15:20 (1 h 56 min)
- Location
- M42 northbound · J5–J6
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- Delay
- ~9 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~12)
- TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~20), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M42 northbound between J5 and J6).
Other recent incidents on the M42
- M42 stopped traffic J10–J9 southbound
- M42 reported crash J3A–J3 southbound
- M42 stopped traffic J10–J9 southbound
- M42 reported crash J10 northbound
- M42 reported crash J10–J11 northbound
- M42 crash J3A northbound
- M42 crash J2–J3 northbound
- M42 reported crash J7A–J7 southbound
- M42 reported crash J7A–J7 southbound
- M42 stopped traffic J10–J11
Live traffic and past incidents at M42 J5 and M42 J6.
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