A12 crash

Crash on the A12 on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 15:52. Cleared at 18:14 after 2 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:14 on 4 Nov 2026, after 2 h 22 min

Location

A12

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~28 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 15:52 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Incident”, delay ~8 min
2. 15:56 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 15:56 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 16:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
5. 16:56 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~21)
6. 17:01 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Incident”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
7. 17:01 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~28)
8. 17:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 17:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
10. 17:24 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Incident”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
11. 17:46 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 17:56 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Incident”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
13. 18:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Incident”
14. 18:14 TomTom no longer reports it
15. 18:14 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic, Incident
• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A12

• A12 stopped trafficyesterday 07:31 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• A12 crash southboundSun 12:16 · cleared after 24 min
• A12 crash A12 westboundSat 19:47 · cleared after 8 h 25 min
• A12 stopped trafficFri 15:19 · cleared after 2 h 41 min
• A12 crashFri 10:47 · cleared after 25 min
• A12 crash Eastern Avenue West eastbound29 Oct 2026 16:37 · cleared after 2 h 58 min
• A12 crash A12 southbound29 Oct 2026 03:00 · cleared after 7 h 6 min
• A12 crash southbound25 Oct 2026 05:15 · cleared after 15 h 24 min
• A12 crash Eastern Avenue eastbound24 Oct 2026 13:04 · cleared after 7 h 45 min
• A12 crash Eastern Avenue East westbound24 Oct 2026 12:01 · cleared after 9 h 29 min

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