A2 crash eastbound
Cleared Cleared at 14:35 on 5 Oct 2026, after 1 h 42 min.
Crash on the A2 eastbound on Monday 5 October 2026, from 12:53. Cleared at 14:35 after 1 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
A2 eastbound
Collision
yesterday 12:53–yesterday 14:35 (cleared after 1 h 42 min) · delay ~46 min · queue 3.0 mi
TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~12 min
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12)
- TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~18)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~33 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~46 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: A2 eastbound exit at a minor junction between A227 and M2/A289).
- Slow traffic
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