A12 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A12 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 07:40. Cleared at 09:57 after 2 h 17 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:57 on 16 Oct 2026, after 2 h 17 min

Location

A12

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~38 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 07:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
2. 07:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 07:58 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~13)
4. 08:08 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~15)
5. 08:30 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~25)
6. 08:44 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~18)
7. 08:49 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~24)
8. 09:12 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 09:12 All clear: no source reports it any more
10. 09:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~36 min (reported again)
11. 09:35 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~36)
12. 09:39 TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~24)
13. 09:48 TomTom no longer reports it
14. 09:48 All clear: no source reports it any more
15. 09:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
16. 09:57 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the A12

• 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 northboundSun 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
• A12 crash Eastern Avenue West eastbound6 Oct 2026 16:54 · cleared after 24 min
• A12 crash Eastern Avenue westbound6 Oct 2026 14:14 · cleared after 2 h 48 min

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