A12 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A12 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 06:32. Still reported at 07:55 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:32 (1 h 23 min)

Location

A12

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~56 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~62 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~27 min
2. 06:46 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~22)

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the A12

• A12 crash A12 westboundyesterday 23:41 · cleared after 2 h 23 min
• A12 crash East Cross Route westboundyesterday 20:05 · cleared after 3 h 34 min
• A12 closedyesterday 16:21 · cleared after 2 h 36 min
• A12 crash Eastern Avenue East westboundMon 12:50 · cleared after 2 h 35 min
• A12 crash southboundMon 07:35 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• A12 stopped trafficMon 07:25 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• A12 stopped trafficFri 14:49 · cleared after 51 min
• A12 stopped trafficFri 10:39 · cleared after 33 min
• A12 stopped trafficFri 07:40 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
• A12 stopped traffic14 Oct 2026 06:50 · cleared after 1 h 22 min

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