A14 stopped traffic J42–J43

Stopped traffic on the A14 at J42–J43 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 16:44. Cleared at 17:07 after 23 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:07 on 20 Oct 2026, after 23 min

Location

A14 · J42–J43

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 16:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
2. 16:53 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20)
3. 16:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 17:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. 17:07 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 17:07 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

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• 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

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