A2 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A2 on Monday 12 October 2026, from 16:44. Cleared at 18:30 after 1 h 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:30 on 12 Oct 2026, after 1 h 46 min

Location

A2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~19 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Mon 16:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Mon 16:53 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Mon 16:53 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Mon 17:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
5. Mon 17:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Mon 17:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Mon 17:30 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~11)
8. Mon 18:07 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
9. Mon 18:11 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. Mon 18:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Mon 18:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Mon 18:30 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Mon 18:30 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A2

• A2 stopped trafficTue 07:15 · cleared after 1 h 41 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
• A2 reported crash eastbound4 Oct 2026 07:10 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• A2 crash Shooters Hill Road eastbound3 Oct 2026 05:29 · cleared after 2 h 58 min

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