A42 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A42 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 15:15. Cleared at 16:50 after 1 h 34 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:50 on 28 Oct 2026, after 1 h 34 min

Location

A42

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~28 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Wed 15:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. Wed 16:09 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~20)
3. Wed 16:14 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Wed 16:14 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Wed 16:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
6. Wed 16:39 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Wed 16:39 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Wed 16:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
9. Wed 16:50 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A42

• A42 closed16 Oct 2026 16:15 · cleared after 37 min
• A42 reported crash southbound11 Oct 2026 15:55 · cleared after 65 h 39 min

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