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A40 stopped traffic

Cleared Cleared at 19:30 on 23 Sept 2026, after 6 h 39 min.

Stopped traffic on the A40 at Ealing → Westway / Old Oak Common Lane on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 12:51. Cleared at 19:30 after 6 h 39 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

  1. A40 · Ealing → Westway / Old Oak Common Lane

    Queueing traffic

    Wed 12:51–Wed 19:30 (cleared after 6 h 39 min) · delay ~8 min · queue 1.4 mi

    TomTom ×14

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~36 min

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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
  3. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  4. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  5. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  6. TomTom no longer reports it
  7. All clear: no source reports it any more
  8. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  9. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  11. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
  14. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
  15. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
  16. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
  18. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
  19. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  20. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  21. TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7)
  22. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
  23. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  24. TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~20)
  25. TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~36)
  26. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
  27. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
  28. TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~10)
  29. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  30. TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~19)
  31. TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic”
  32. TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~34), “Queuing traffic”
  33. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  34. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  35. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  36. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  37. TomTom no longer reports it
  38. All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

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