A38 stopped traffic Ironbridge Road → Longford

Cleared Cleared at 08:59 on 23 Sept 2026, after 1 h 42 min.

Stopped traffic on the A38 at Ironbridge Road → Longford on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 07:17. Cleared at 08:59 after 1 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A38 · Ironbridge Road → Longford

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 07:17–Wed 08:59 (cleared after 1 h 42 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 0.6 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 07:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 07:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
3. Wed 08:03 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~6)
4. Wed 08:17 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~17)
5. Wed 08:31 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~23)
6. Wed 08:45 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~15)
7. Wed 08:59 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Wed 08:59 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the A38

• A38 crash northbound · 25 Sept 2026 11:13, cleared after 58 min
• A38 closed · 23 Sept 2026 20:21, cleared after 1 h 36 min
• A38 stopped traffic Beer Lane → Gipsy Lane · 23 Sept 2026 19:59, cleared after 1 h 58 min
• A38 closed A388 → Tamar Bridge / B3271 · 23 Sept 2026 19:45, cleared after 2 h 11 min
• A38 crash J6 · 23 Sept 2026 14:29, cleared after 3 h 45 min
• A38 stopped traffic · 23 Sept 2026 12:55, cleared after 6 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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