M5 crash J3–J4 northbound
Live Still reported at 19:12 UK time, since 13:24 (5 h 48 min).
Crash on the M5 northbound at J3–J4 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, from 13:24. Still reported at 19:12 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M5 northbound · J3–J4
Collision
since 13:24 (5 h 48 min)
TomTom ×6 · Motorway signs ×4
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~20), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (4 signs; furthest along: M5 northbound between J2 and J1).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (4 signs; furthest along: M5 southbound between J2 and J3).
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (5 signs; furthest along: M5 northbound between J3 and J2).
- Stationary traffic, Incident
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M5 northbound between J1 and M6).
Other recent incidents on the M5
- M5 stopped traffic J4A–J5 southbound
- M5 closed J6 southbound
- M5 closed J17–J16 northbound
- M5 closed J14–J15 southbound
- M5 closed J7–J8 southbound
- M5 closed J11–J11A southbound
- M5 closed J24–J23 northbound
- M5 closed J16 northbound
- M5 closed J7–J8 southbound
- M5 closed J19–J18 northbound
About this page
This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.