A2 stopped traffic East Rochester Way eastbound

Stopped traffic on the A2 eastbound at East Rochester Way on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 15:50. Cleared at 18:01 after 2 h 11 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and TfL.

Status

Cleared 18:01 on 29 Oct 2026, after 2 h 11 min

Location

A2 eastbound · East Rochester Way

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom · TfL

Timeline

1. Thu 15:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Thu 16:00 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
3. Thu 16:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Thu 16:31 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. Thu 16:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Thu 16:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Thu 17:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Thu 17:36 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Thu 17:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Thu 17:46 TfL: broken-down vehicle
11. Thu 17:46 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Thu 17:51 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~10)
13. Thu 17:57 TfL no longer reports it
14. Thu 18:01 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Thu 18:01 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• [A2] East Rochester Way (Eastbound) at the junction of [A221] Lodge Lane - Lane three (of three) is obstructed by a broken down vehicle. Approach with caution. Traffic is slow eastbound with tailbacks beyond the Danson Interchange. Expect delays.

Other recent incidents on the A2

• A2 crash Rochester Way Relief Road eastboundSat 12:25 · cleared after 53 min
• A2 stopped trafficFri 13:59 · cleared after 5 h 12 min
• A2 crashFri 06:32 · cleared after 2 h 6 min
• A2 crash westboundThu 17:12 · cleared after 1 h 19 min
• A2 reported crash eastboundThu 14:01 · cleared after 55 min
• A2 crash East Rochester Way eastbound27 Oct 2026 18:12 · cleared after 20 min
• A2 crash27 Oct 2026 15:10 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• A2 reported crash eastbound26 Oct 2026 16:43 · cleared after 1 h 21 min
• A2 reported crash westbound25 Oct 2026 04:48 · cleared after 1 h 14 min
• A2 crash westbound23 Oct 2026 10:50 · cleared after 8 h 15 min

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