A12 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A12 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 16:48. Cleared at 17:48 after 1 h. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:48 on 22 Oct 2026, after 1 h

Location

A12

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 16:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. yesterday 16:53 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic”
3. yesterday 16:58 TomTom no longer reports it
4. yesterday 16:58 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. yesterday 17:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min (reported again)
6. yesterday 17:07 TomTom no longer reports it
7. yesterday 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min (reported again)
8. yesterday 17:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. yesterday 17:34 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. yesterday 17:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. yesterday 17:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. yesterday 17:48 TomTom no longer reports it
13. yesterday 17:48 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the A12

• A12 crash Eastern Avenue westbound02:26 · cleared after 2 h 24 min
• A12 crash Colchester Road southboundyesterday 13:55 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• A12 crash East Cross Route eastboundWed 15:08 · cleared after 3 h 14 min
• A12 stopped trafficWed 13:47 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• A12 stopped trafficWed 06:32 · cleared after 5 h 7 min
• A12 crash A12 westboundTue 23:41 · cleared after 2 h 23 min
• A12 crash East Cross Route westboundTue 20:05 · cleared after 3 h 34 min
• A12 closedTue 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

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