A2 stopped traffic M2 → Bean

Cleared Cleared at 09:06 on 23 Sept 2026, after 2 h 57 min.

Stopped traffic on the A2 at M2 → Bean on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 06:10. Cleared at 09:06 after 2 h 57 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A2 · M2 → Bean

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 06:10–Wed 09:06 (cleared after 2 h 57 min) · delay ~7 min · queue 5.2 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 06:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Wed 06:47 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8), “Queuing traffic”
3. Wed 07:01 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
4. Wed 07:29 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic”
5. Wed 08:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Wed 08:38 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~16), “Slow traffic”
7. Wed 09:06 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Wed 09:06 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A2

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• A2 stopped traffic · 5 Oct 2026 06:02, cleared after 3 h 26 min
• 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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