A2 crash

Crash on the A2 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 06:09. Still reported at 08:31 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:09 (2 h 22 min)

Location

A2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~7 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~50 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 06:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. 06:14 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9)
3. 06:28 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
4. 06:32 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~19)
5. 06:46 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~33)
6. 06:51 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
7. 07:14 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~36)
8. 07:18 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
9. 07:23 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 07:32 TomTom no longer reports it
11. 07:32 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. 07:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
13. 07:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 08:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. 08:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. 08:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A2

• A2 crash Shooters Hill Road westbound07:15 · cleared after 1 h 6 min
• A2 stopped trafficTue 07:15 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• A2 stopped trafficMon 16:44 · cleared after 1 h 46 min
• A2 delaysMon 07:31 · cleared after 1 h
• A2 crash Old Kent Road westboundSun 12:08 · cleared after 12 h 2 min
• A2 crash New Cross Road westboundSat 21:37 · cleared after 2 h 37 min
• A2 stopped trafficSat 18:00 · cleared after 1 h 13 min
• A2 stopped traffic5 Oct 2026 16:35 · cleared after 1 h 55 min
• A2 crash eastbound5 Oct 2026 12:53 · cleared after 1 h 42 min
• A2 stopped traffic5 Oct 2026 06:02 · cleared after 3 h 26 min

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