M18 delays J2

Long delays on the M18 at J2 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 16:02. Cleared at 18:13 after 2 h 11 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:13 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 11 min

Location

M18 J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Fri 16:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. Fri 16:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Fri 16:32 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
4. Fri 16:53 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~21)
5. Fri 17:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Fri 18:13 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Fri 18:13 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M18

• M18 crash J2–J1 southboundyesterday 15:32 · cleared after 3 h 20 min
• M18 stopped traffic J2–J1yesterday 07:27 · cleared after 46 min
• M18 reported crash J2 northboundyesterday 07:19 · cleared after 1 h
• M18 crash J3 northbound26 Oct 2026 17:38 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M18 closed J6–J7 northbound24 Oct 2026 17:16 · cleared after 24 h 17 min
• M18 closed J4–J5 northbound24 Oct 2026 17:16 · cleared after 28 h 25 min
• M18 closed J6–J5 southbound24 Oct 2026 17:16 · cleared after 28 h 25 min
• M18 closed J1–J2 northbound24 Oct 2026 17:03 · cleared after 24 h 29 min
• M18 stopped traffic J1–J223 Oct 2026 12:15 · cleared after 7 h 6 min
• M18 crash J1–J2 southbound23 Oct 2026 05:55 · cleared after 1 h 37 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M18 J2.

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