A2 stopped traffic East Rochester Way → A102

Cleared Cleared at 13:43 on 23 Sept 2026, after 7 h 58 min.

Stopped traffic on the A2 at East Rochester Way → A102 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 05:46. Cleared at 13:43 after 7 h 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A2 · East Rochester Way → A102

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 05:46–Wed 13:43 (cleared after 7 h 58 min) · delay ~11 min · queue 4.0 mi

   TomTom ×8

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~29 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 05:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 05:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
3. Wed 05:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
4. Wed 06:34 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~7), “Queuing traffic”
5. Wed 07:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
6. Wed 07:29 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
7. Wed 07:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
8. Wed 07:43 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
9. Wed 07:57 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. Wed 07:57 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20)
11. Wed 08:11 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Wed 08:11 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~14)
13. Wed 08:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
14. Wed 08:38 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~24)
15. Wed 08:52 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~14)
16. Wed 09:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Wed 10:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
18. Wed 10:02 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
19. Wed 10:02 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~16)
20. Wed 10:15 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
21. Wed 10:15 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
22. Wed 10:29 TomTom no longer reports it
23. Wed 10:29 All clear: no source reports it any more
24. Wed 10:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
25. Wed 10:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
26. Wed 11:25 TomTom no longer reports it
27. Wed 11:25 All clear: no source reports it any more
28. Wed 13:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
29. Wed 13:43 TomTom no longer reports it
30. Wed 13:43 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A2

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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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