A34 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A34 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 15:37. Cleared at 17:18 after 1 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:18 on 21 Oct 2026, after 1 h 42 min

Location

A34

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~40 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 15:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
2. 15:41 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10)
3. 15:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 16:05 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. 16:09 TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~17)
6. 16:19 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~40)
7. 16:32 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 16:32 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. 16:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
10. 16:41 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. 16:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 16:55 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13)
13. 17:00 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~8), “Slow traffic”
14. 17:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 17:18 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 17:18 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A34

• A34 crashFri 11:02 · cleared after 7 h 9 min
• A34 closed7 Oct 2026 13:43 · cleared after 2 h 14 min
• A34 closed6 Oct 2026 09:05 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• A34 closed4 Oct 2026 14:28 · cleared after 47 min
• A34 stopped traffic Westminster Way → Wytham23 Sept 2026 15:55 · cleared after 59 min
• A34 stopped traffic23 Sept 2026 08:16 · cleared after 1 h 12 min
• A34 stopped traffic23 Sept 2026 07:37 · cleared after 13 h 24 min
• A34 stopped traffic23 Sept 2026 07:12 · cleared after 14 h 22 min

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