A2 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A2 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 15:59. Cleared at 18:03 after 2 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:03 on 19 Oct 2026, after 2 h 4 min

Location

A2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 15:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
2. 17:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~13 min
3. 17:31 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 18:03 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 18:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A2

• A2 reported crash eastboundSat 22:07 · cleared after 55 min
• A2 crash Shooters Hill Road westboundFri 07:15 · cleared after 1 h 6 min
• A2 crashFri 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 40 min
• A2 stopped traffic13 Oct 2026 07:15 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• A2 stopped traffic12 Oct 2026 16:44 · cleared after 1 h 46 min
• A2 delays12 Oct 2026 07:31 · cleared after 1 h
• A2 crash Old Kent Road westbound11 Oct 2026 12:08 · cleared after 12 h 2 min
• A2 crash New Cross Road westbound10 Oct 2026 21:37 · cleared after 2 h 37 min
• A2 stopped traffic10 Oct 2026 18:00 · cleared after 1 h 13 min
• A2 stopped traffic5 Oct 2026 16:35 · cleared after 1 h 55 min

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