M5 stopped traffic J3–J4

Cleared Cleared at 18:43 on 28 Sept 2026, after 14 min.

Stopped traffic on the M5 at J3–J4 on Monday 28 September 2026, from 18:29. Cleared at 18:43 after 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J3–J4

   Queueing traffic

   Mon 18:29–Mon 18:43 (cleared after 14 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 3.0 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~35 min

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Timeline

1. Mon 18:29 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~35 min
2. Mon 18:34 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~35)
3. Mon 18:38 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~4 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
4. Mon 18:43 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Mon 18:43 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northbound · 10:03, cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M5 crash J11A–J11 northbound · 07:50, cleared after 50 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · 02:47, cleared after 2 h 54 min
• M5 crash J25–J24 southbound · yesterday 16:07, cleared after 7 h 54 min
• M5 stopped traffic J6–J5 · yesterday 07:28, cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · yesterday 01:26, cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M5 stopped traffic J24–J23 · Mon 21:37, cleared after 1 h 32 min
• M5 stopped traffic J10–J11 · Mon 16:15, cleared after 42 min
• M5 stopped traffic J4A–J5 southbound · Mon 16:03, cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 northbound · Mon 10:29, cleared after 2 h 23 min

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