A14 stopped traffic J56–J55

Stopped traffic on the A14 at J56–J55 on Saturday 17 October 2026, from 11:55. Cleared at 12:50 after 55 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:50 on 17 Oct 2026, after 55 min

Location

A14 · J56–J55

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 11:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
2. 11:59 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 11:59 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 12:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min (reported again)
5. 12:09 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 12:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
7. 12:41 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~21)
8. 12:45 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
9. 12:50 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 12:50 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A14

• A14 crash J55–J56yesterday 15:35 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• A14 stopped traffic J55–J56yesterday 13:30 · cleared after 46 min
• A14 closed J24B–J23yesterday 12:53 · cleared after 4 h 41 min
• A14 stopped traffic J55–J54yesterday 08:53 · cleared after 3 h 5 min
• A14 stopped traffic J51–J52yesterday 08:49 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• A14 crash J56–J57 eastboundyesterday 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
• A14 stopped traffic J56–J55Tue 07:51 · cleared after 1 h 32 min

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