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M5 crash J3–J2 northbound

Crash on the M5 northbound at J3–J2 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 10:03. Cleared at 19:45 after 9 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status
Cleared 19:45 on 29 Oct 2026, after 9 h 42 min
Location
M5 northbound · J3–J2
Reported as
Collision
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min
Sources
Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×7
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Timeline

  1. Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  5. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  6. Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
  7. TomTom no longer reports it
  8. All clear: no source reports it any more
  9. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  11. Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
  12. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
  14. TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
  15. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  16. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  17. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  18. Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
  19. TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
  20. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  21. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  22. TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
  23. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  24. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  25. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  26. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  27. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
  28. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
  29. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  30. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  31. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  32. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  33. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  34. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  35. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
  36. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  37. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  38. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  39. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  40. TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~20)
  41. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
  42. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  43. Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  44. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  45. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  46. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  47. Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  48. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  49. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  50. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  51. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  52. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  53. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  54. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  55. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  56. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  57. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  58. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  59. TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
  60. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
  61. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  62. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
  63. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  64. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  65. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  66. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
  67. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
  68. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  69. TomTom no longer reports it
  70. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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