A14 crash J37–J36 westbound

Crash on the A14 westbound at J37–J36 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 06:26. Still reported at 08:50 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:26 (2 h 24 min)

Location

A14 westbound · J37–J36

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~17 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×6

Timeline

1. 06:26 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 06:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
3. 06:53 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
4. 06:53 Motorway signs: “COLLISION AHEAD”
5. 06:58 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10)
6. 07:09 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
7. 07:30 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15)
8. 07:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 07:39 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
10. 07:39 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION AHEAD”
11. 07:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
12. 07:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 07:48 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
14. 07:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
15. 08:02 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 08:02 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. 08:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
18. 08:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
19. 08:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
20. 08:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
21. 08:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
22. 08:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
23. 08:39 TomTom no longer reports it
24. 08:39 All clear: no source reports it any more
25. 08:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: A14 westbound between J37 and J36).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: A14 westbound between J37 and J36).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION AHEAD” (1 sign; furthest along: A14 westbound between J37 and J36).
• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A14

• A14 stopped traffic J56–J55Sat 11:55 · cleared after 55 min
• A14 crash J55–J56Fri 15:35 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• A14 stopped traffic J55–J56Fri 13:30 · cleared after 46 min
• A14 closed J24B–J23Fri 12:53 · cleared after 4 h 41 min
• A14 stopped traffic J55–J54Fri 08:53 · cleared after 3 h 5 min
• A14 stopped traffic J51–J52Fri 08:49 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• A14 crash J56–J57 eastboundFri 08:34 · cleared after 8 h 19 min
• A14 stopped traffic J45–J44Thu 16:59 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• A14 stopped traffic J1Tue 17:38 · cleared after 24 min
• A14 stopped traffic J55–J54Tue 16:30 · cleared after 1 h 27 min

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