A42 closed Ashby Road (A453) → Long Whatton

Road closure on the A42 at Ashby Road (A453) → Long Whatton on Tuesday 22 September 2026, from 21:43. Cleared at 00:59 after 3 h 16 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 00:59 on 23 Sept 2026, after 3 h 16 min

Location

A42 Ashby Road (A453) → Long Whatton

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Delay ~4 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Tue 21:43 TomTom: road closed
2. Tue 21:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. Wed 00:59 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Wed 00:59 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Closed

Other recent incidents on the A42

• A42 stopped trafficMon 16:55 · cleared after 32 min
• A42 reported crash southboundMon 16:43 · cleared after 50 min
• A42 delaysSat 13:11 · cleared after 51 min
• A42 crash4 Nov 2026 09:08 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• A42 stopped traffic28 Oct 2026 15:15 · cleared after 1 h 34 min
• A42 closed16 Oct 2026 16:15 · cleared after 37 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.