A14 stopped traffic J56–J57

Stopped traffic on the A14 at J56–J57 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 17:14. Cleared at 17:42 after 27 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:42 on 23 Oct 2026, after 27 min

Location

A14 · J56–J57

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 17:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
2. 17:37 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
3. 17:42 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 17:42 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A14

• A14 stopped traffic J39–J3815:47 · Live
• A14 crash J2–J3 eastbound13:20 · cleared after 3 h 50 min
• A14 closed J39–J3800:36 · cleared after 32 min
• A14 closed J24B–J23yesterday 10:14 · cleared after 32 min
• A14 stopped traffic J51–J52yesterday 08:52 · cleared after 27 min
• A14 stopped traffic J16–J13yesterday 07:02 · cleared after 28 min
• A14 closed J33–J32yesterday 00:29 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• A14 stopped traffic J45–J44Wed 08:40 · cleared after 46 min
• A14 stopped traffic J42–J43Tue 16:44 · cleared after 23 min
• A14 stopped traffic J31Tue 08:28 · cleared after 1 h 14 min

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