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M42 stopped traffic J9–J10

Stopped traffic on the M42 at J9–J10 on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 16:17. Cleared at 19:10 after 2 h 53 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 19:10 on 12 Nov 2026, after 2 h 53 min
Location
M42 J9–J10
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min
Sources
TomTom ×8
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
  5. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  6. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  7. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
  8. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
  9. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
  10. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  11. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
  14. TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~8)
  15. TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~17)
  16. TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~23), “Queuing traffic”
  17. TomTom no longer reports it
  18. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

Other recent incidents on the M42

Live traffic and past incidents at M42 J9 and M42 J10.

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