A38 stopped traffic

Cleared Cleared at 19:37 on 23 Sept 2026, after 6 h 42 min.

Stopped traffic on the A38 at Pebble Mill Road (A4029) → Bristol Road (B384) on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 12:55. Cleared at 19:37 after 6 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A38 · Pebble Mill Road (A4029) → Bristol Road (B384)

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 12:55–Wed 19:37 (cleared after 6 h 42 min) · delay ~8 min · queue 0.7 mi

   TomTom ×10

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 12:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 12:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
3. Wed 13:36 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Wed 13:36 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Wed 13:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
6. Wed 13:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
7. Wed 14:04 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Wed 14:04 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Wed 14:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
10. Wed 14:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
11. Wed 15:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
12. Wed 15:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
13. Wed 15:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
14. Wed 15:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
15. Wed 15:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
16. Wed 15:55 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. Wed 16:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
18. Wed 16:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
19. Wed 16:23 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~3)
20. Wed 16:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
21. Wed 16:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Wed 16:50 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
23. Wed 17:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
24. Wed 17:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
25. Wed 17:46 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~18)
26. Wed 18:00 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~26)
27. Wed 18:42 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~15)
28. Wed 18:55 TomTom no longer reports it
29. Wed 18:55 All clear: no source reports it any more
30. Wed 19:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
31. Wed 19:37 TomTom no longer reports it
32. Wed 19:37 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A38

• A38 crash northbound · 25 Sept 2026 11:13, cleared after 58 min
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• A38 stopped traffic Ironbridge Road → Longford · 23 Sept 2026 07:17, cleared after 1 h 42 min
• A38 closed Tamar Bridge Roundabout → B3271 · 23 Sept 2026 03:23, cleared after 18 h 33 min
• A38 closed A379 → A380 · 22 Sept 2026 21:13, cleared after 4 h 48 min
• A38 closed Tamar Bridge Roundabout → B3271 · 22 Sept 2026 20:44, cleared after 4 h 50 min
• A38 closed · 22 Sept 2026 19:46, cleared after 8 h 37 min

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