M42 stopped traffic J7A–J7

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J7A–J7 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 14:41. Cleared at 15:04 after 23 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:04 on 21 Oct 2026, after 23 min

Location

M42 · J7A–J7

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 14:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. 14:45 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
3. 15:04 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 15:04 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M42

• M42 crash J2–J1 southbound12:12 · cleared after 4 h 7 min
• M42 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 14:29 · cleared after 3 h 45 min
• M42 crash J3–J2 southboundyesterday 07:01 · cleared after 4 h 15 min
• M42 stopped traffic J10–J9yesterday 06:42 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M42 crash J10–J9 southboundMon 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

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