A42 delays

Long delays on the A42 on Saturday 7 November 2026, from 13:11. Cleared at 14:01 after 51 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 14:01 on 7 Nov 2026, after 51 min

Location

A42

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. yesterday 13:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
2. yesterday 13:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
3. yesterday 13:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
4. yesterday 14:01 TomTom no longer reports it
5. yesterday 14:01 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A42

• A42 crashWed 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
• A42 reported crash southbound11 Oct 2026 15:55 · cleared after 65 h 39 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.