A42 closed

Road closure on the A42 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 16:15. Cleared at 16:52 after 37 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:52 on 16 Oct 2026, after 37 min

Location

A42

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 16:15 TomTom: road closed
2. 16:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
3. 16:29 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~21)
4. 16:34 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 16:34 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. 16:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
7. 16:52 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 16:52 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Closed
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A42

• A42 reported crash southboundSun 15:55 · cleared after 65 h 39 min
• A42 crash northbound1 Oct 2026 16:58 · cleared after 2 h 18 min
• A42 closed23 Sept 2026 23:23 · cleared after 2 h 52 min
• A42 crash J1423 Sept 2026 08:14 · cleared after 1 h 44 min
• A42 closed Ashby Road (A453) → Long Whatton22 Sept 2026 21:43 · cleared after 3 h 16 min

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.