A13 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A13 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 07:50. Cleared at 08:36 after 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:36 on 16 Oct 2026, after 46 min

Location

A13

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 07:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
2. 08:13 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
3. 08:31 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 08:36 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 08:36 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A13

• A13 crash Thames Gateway eastboundyesterday 15:08 · cleared after 20 min
• A13 crash Thames Gateway westboundMon 18:50 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• A13 crash A13 westboundMon 14:28 · cleared after 15 min
• A13 crash Thames Gateway westboundSun 17:25 · cleared after 1 h 12 min
• A13 crash Ripple Road westboundSat 11:43 · cleared after 38 min
• A13 crash westbound9 Oct 2026 09:02 · cleared after 1 h 5 min
• A13 crash Thames Gateway eastbound8 Oct 2026 12:56 · cleared after 1 h 6 min
• A13 crash Newham Way westbound8 Oct 2026 09:25 · cleared after 49 min
• A13 delays7 Oct 2026 15:21 · cleared after 2 h 18 min
• A13 crash Newham Way westbound6 Oct 2026 08:56 · cleared after 2 h 42 min

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.