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A1 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A1 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 16:11. Cleared at 18:52 after 2 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 18:52 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 41 min
Location
A1
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min
Sources
TomTom ×4
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
  2. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic”
  3. TomTom no longer reports it
  4. All clear: no source reports it any more
  5. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
  6. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
  7. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  8. TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5)
  9. TomTom no longer reports it
  10. All clear: no source reports it any more
  11. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
  13. TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic”
  14. TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
  15. TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~24)
  16. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
  17. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  18. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min (reported again)
  19. TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
  20. TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~19), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
  21. TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  22. TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~8), “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
  23. TomTom no longer reports it
  24. All clear: no source reports it any more

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