M42 stopped traffic J8–J9 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 13:55 on 8 Oct 2026, after 1 h 13 min.
Stopped traffic on the M42 northbound at J8–J9 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 12:42. Cleared at 13:55 after 1 h 13 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M42 northbound · J8–J9
Broken-down vehicle
12:42–13:55 (cleared after 1 h 13 min) · delay ~23 min · queue 3.0 mi
TomTom · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~24 min
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~24)
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~11)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M42 northbound between J8 and J9).
Other recent incidents on the M42
- M42 crash J2–J1 southbound
- M42 crash J2 southbound
- M42 delays J5–J4
- M42 reported crash J7A–J7 southbound
- M42 crash J10–J11
- M42 reported crash J10–J11 northbound
- M42 crash J2–J3 northbound
- M42 reported crash J3A southbound
- M42 delays J10–J9
- M42 reported crash J10 southbound
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