A2 stopped traffic

Cleared Cleared at 19:57 on 23 Sept 2026, after 2 h 42 min.

Stopped traffic on the A2 at Black Prince Interchange → Sutton-at-Hone on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 17:16. Cleared at 19:57 after 2 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A2 · Black Prince Interchange → Sutton-at-Hone

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 17:16–Wed 19:57 (cleared after 2 h 42 min) · delay ~19 min · queue 4.6 mi

   TomTom ×3

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 17:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Wed 17:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
3. Wed 17:39 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~5)
4. Wed 17:39 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~5)
5. Wed 17:53 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
6. Wed 18:07 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
7. Wed 18:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Wed 18:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Wed 18:34 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~4)
10. Wed 18:48 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. Wed 19:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
12. Wed 19:30 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~18)
13. Wed 19:44 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. Wed 19:57 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Wed 19:57 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the A2

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• A2 crash eastbound · 5 Oct 2026 12:53, cleared after 1 h 42 min
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• A2 reported crash eastbound · 4 Oct 2026 07:10, cleared after 1 h 4 min
• A2 crash Shooters Hill Road eastbound · 3 Oct 2026 05:29, cleared after 2 h 58 min

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