M5 crash J4–J4A southbound
Crash on the M5 southbound at J4–J4A on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 13:32. Still reported at 14:34 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 13:32 (1 h 2 min)
- Location
- M5 southbound · J4–J4A
- Reported as
- Collision
- Delay
- ~12 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~38 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~17 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~17)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~18 min (was ~27), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~18), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~38 min
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~38)
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~21)
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 southbound between J4 and J4A).
- Stationary traffic
- Stationary traffic, Incident
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Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J4 and M5 J4A.
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.