M54 crash J3

Crash on the M54 at J3 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 09:00. Cleared at 10:09 after 1 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 10:09 on 23 Sept 2026, after 1 h 8 min

Location

M54 J3

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Wed 09:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
2. Wed 09:27 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~13)
3. Wed 09:35 TomTom: collision, “Accident”
4. Wed 09:41 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~34 min (was ~23), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
5. Wed 09:55 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
6. Wed 10:09 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Wed 10:09 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Accident

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• M54 reported crash J1 eastbound31 Oct 2026 16:53 · cleared after 16 min
• M54 reported crash J1 eastbound31 Oct 2026 08:49 · cleared after 48 min
• M54 reported crash J1 eastbound26 Oct 2026 13:19 · cleared after 43 min
• M54 crash J2–J3 westbound22 Oct 2026 07:22 · cleared after 1 h 6 min
• M54 closed J2–J314 Oct 2026 23:30 · cleared after 3 h 26 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M54 J3.

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