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A12 crash

Crash on the A12 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 16:31. Cleared at 19:16 after 2 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 19:16 on 5 Nov 2026, after 2 h 45 min
Location
A12
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min
Sources
TomTom ×3
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Timeline

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

Source reports

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