A12 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A12 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 14:49. Cleared at 15:40 after 51 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 15:40 on 16 Oct 2026, after 51 min

Location

A12

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. yesterday 14:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
2. yesterday 15:08 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
3. yesterday 15:17 TomTom no longer reports it
4. yesterday 15:17 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. yesterday 15:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
6. yesterday 15:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. yesterday 15:31 TomTom no longer reports it
8. yesterday 15:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
9. yesterday 15:40 TomTom no longer reports it
10. yesterday 15:40 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A12

• A12 stopped trafficyesterday 10:39 · cleared after 33 min
• A12 stopped trafficyesterday 07:40 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
• A12 stopped trafficWed 06:50 · cleared after 1 h 22 min
• A12 stopped trafficTue 07:24 · cleared after 2 h 13 min
• A12 crash Tredegar Road both directionsMon 07:31 · cleared after 6 h 46 min
• A12 crash A12 eastboundSun 18:05 · cleared after 3 h 56 min
• A12 crashSun 16:08 · cleared after 1 h 37 min
• A12 crash A12 northbound11 Oct 2026 09:15 · cleared after 2 h 30 min
• A12 stopped traffic8 Oct 2026 16:07 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
• A12 crash Eastern Avenue West7 Oct 2026 06:50 · cleared after 7 h 9 min

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