M42 stopped traffic J9

Cleared Cleared at 15:14 on 6 Oct 2026, after 41 min.

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J9 on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 14:33. Cleared at 15:14 after 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M42 · J9

   Queueing traffic

   Tue 14:33–Tue 15:14 (cleared after 41 min) · delay ~13 min · queue 3.1 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~36 min

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Timeline

1. Tue 14:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~8 min
2. Tue 14:37 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
3. Tue 14:42 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~22)
4. Tue 14:47 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~30)
5. Tue 14:51 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~18)
6. Tue 15:09 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Tue 15:14 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Tue 15:14 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary 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

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