A49 stopped traffic Church Road → Roman Road

Cleared Cleared at 10:09 on 23 Sept 2026, after 2 h 25 min.

Stopped traffic on the A49 at Church Road → Roman Road on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 07:44. Cleared at 10:09 after 2 h 25 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A49 · Church Road → Roman Road

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 07:44–Wed 10:09 (cleared after 2 h 25 min) · delay ~8 min · queue 1.0 mi

   TomTom ×9

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 07:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Wed 07:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
3. Wed 07:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. Wed 07:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
5. Wed 07:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~6 min
6. Wed 07:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
7. Wed 07:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. Wed 08:04 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~4)
9. Wed 08:32 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~21)
10. Wed 08:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
11. Wed 08:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~3 min
12. Wed 08:59 TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~8)
13. Wed 09:13 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11)
14. Wed 09:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
15. Wed 09:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min (reported again)
16. Wed 10:09 TomTom no longer reports it
17. Wed 10:09 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the A49

• A49 stopped traffic Central Park Way → Wigan Road · 23 Sept 2026 16:43, cleared after 1 h 32 min

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