A4 closed

Cleared Cleared at 21:56 on 23 Sept 2026, after 29 h 42 min.

Road closure on the A4 at Waterloo Place → Cockspur Street / Haymarket on Tuesday 22 September 2026, from 16:15. Cleared at 21:56 after 29 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A4 · Waterloo Place → Cockspur Street / Haymarket

   Road closed

   Tue 16:15–Wed 21:56 (cleared after 29 h 42 min) · delay ~17 min · queue 0.9 mi

   TomTom ×68

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Timeline

1. Tue 16:15 TomTom: road closed
2. Tue 21:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. Tue 21:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. Tue 22:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
5. Tue 22:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
6. Tue 22:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
7. Tue 22:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Tue 23:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
9. Wed 00:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
10. Wed 04:15 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Wed 04:15 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Wed 07:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. Wed 07:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
14. Wed 07:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
15. Wed 08:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
16. Wed 08:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Wed 08:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
18. Wed 08:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
19. Wed 08:52 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~6)
20. Wed 08:52 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
21. Wed 09:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
22. Wed 09:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
23. Wed 09:06 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
24. Wed 09:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
25. Wed 09:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
26. Wed 09:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
27. Wed 09:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
28. Wed 09:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
29. Wed 09:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
30. Wed 09:48 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
31. Wed 09:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
32. Wed 09:48 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
33. Wed 09:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
34. Wed 10:02 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~4), “Queuing traffic”
35. Wed 10:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
36. Wed 10:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
37. Wed 10:15 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
38. Wed 10:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
39. Wed 10:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
40. Wed 10:29 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~3), “Stationary traffic”
41. Wed 10:29 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic”
42. Wed 10:29 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic”
43. Wed 10:43 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13)
44. Wed 10:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
45. Wed 10:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
46. Wed 10:43 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
47. Wed 10:43 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
48. Wed 10:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
49. Wed 10:57 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
50. Wed 10:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
51. Wed 10:57 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~7)
52. Wed 10:57 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
53. Wed 11:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~1 min
54. Wed 11:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
55. Wed 11:11 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
56. Wed 11:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
57. Wed 11:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
58. Wed 11:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min
59. Wed 11:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
60. Wed 11:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
61. Wed 11:38 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~16)
62. Wed 11:38 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
63. Wed 11:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
64. Wed 11:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~1 min
65. Wed 11:52 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
66. Wed 11:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
67. Wed 11:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
68. Wed 11:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
69. Wed 12:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
70. Wed 12:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
71. Wed 12:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
72. Wed 12:20 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
73. Wed 12:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
74. Wed 12:20 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~3), “Stationary traffic”
75. Wed 12:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
76. Wed 12:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
77. Wed 12:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
78. Wed 12:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
79. Wed 12:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
80. Wed 12:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
81. Wed 12:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
82. Wed 12:48 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic”
83. Wed 12:48 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
84. Wed 13:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~1 min (reported again)
85. Wed 13:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min (reported again)
86. Wed 13:02 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
87. Wed 13:02 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~3), “Queuing traffic”
88. Wed 13:15 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~28), “Queuing traffic”
89. Wed 13:15 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
90. Wed 13:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
91. Wed 13:29 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
92. Wed 13:29 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
93. Wed 13:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
94. Wed 13:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
95. Wed 13:43 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
96. Wed 13:43 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
97. Wed 13:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min
98. Wed 13:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
99. Wed 13:57 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
100. Wed 13:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
101. Wed 13:57 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~17), “Stationary traffic”
102. Wed 14:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
103. Wed 14:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
104. Wed 14:25 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
105. Wed 14:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
106. Wed 14:25 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
107. Wed 14:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
108. Wed 14:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
109. Wed 14:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
110. Wed 14:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
111. Wed 14:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
112. Wed 15:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
113. Wed 15:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
114. Wed 15:06 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~7), “Queuing traffic”
115. Wed 15:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min (reported again)
116. Wed 15:06 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
117. Wed 15:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
118. Wed 15:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
119. Wed 15:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
120. Wed 15:20 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
121. Wed 15:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
122. Wed 15:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
123. Wed 15:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
124. Wed 15:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
125. Wed 15:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
126. Wed 15:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
127. Wed 15:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
128. Wed 15:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
129. Wed 15:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
130. Wed 16:02 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~3), “Stationary traffic”
131. Wed 16:02 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
132. Wed 16:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
133. Wed 16:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
134. Wed 16:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
135. Wed 16:29 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
136. Wed 16:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
137. Wed 16:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
138. Wed 16:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
139. Wed 16:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
140. Wed 16:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
141. Wed 16:43 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
142. Wed 16:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
143. Wed 16:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
144. Wed 16:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
145. Wed 16:57 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
146. Wed 16:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
147. Wed 16:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
148. Wed 16:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
149. Wed 17:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
150. Wed 17:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
151. Wed 17:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
152. Wed 17:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
153. Wed 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
154. Wed 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
155. Wed 17:25 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
156. Wed 17:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
157. Wed 17:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
158. Wed 17:53 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~10), “Slow traffic”
159. Wed 17:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
160. Wed 17:53 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~8), “Queuing traffic”
161. Wed 17:53 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
162. Wed 17:53 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
163. Wed 18:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
164. Wed 18:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
165. Wed 18:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
166. Wed 18:07 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
167. Wed 18:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
168. Wed 18:21 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
169. Wed 18:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
170. Wed 18:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~1 min
171. Wed 18:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
172. Wed 18:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
173. Wed 18:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
174. Wed 18:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
175. Wed 18:34 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5)
176. Wed 18:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
177. Wed 18:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
178. Wed 18:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
179. Wed 18:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
180. Wed 19:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
181. Wed 19:02 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
182. Wed 19:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
183. Wed 19:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
184. Wed 19:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
185. Wed 19:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
186. Wed 19:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
187. Wed 19:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
188. Wed 19:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
189. Wed 19:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
190. Wed 20:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
191. Wed 20:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
192. Wed 20:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min (reported again)
193. Wed 21:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
194. Wed 21:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
195. Wed 21:56 TomTom no longer reports it
196. Wed 21:56 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Closed
• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.