A50 closed Markfield → Leicester Road

Cleared Cleared at 21:56 on 23 Sept 2026, after 3 h 36 min.

Road closure on the A50 at Markfield → Leicester Road on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 18:20. Cleared at 21:56 after 3 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A50 · Markfield → Leicester Road

   Road closed

   Wed 18:20–Wed 21:56 (cleared after 3 h 36 min) · delay ~9 min · queue 0.6 mi

   TomTom ×3

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Timeline

1. Wed 18:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~27 min
2. Wed 18:59 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~33)
3. Wed 19:13 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~18)
4. Wed 19:41 TomTom: road closed
5. Wed 19:41 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Wed 19:41 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Wed 19:50 TomTom: road closed
8. Wed 21:56 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Wed 21:56 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Closed

Other recent incidents on the A50

• A50 crash Penrith Avenue → Cartmel Avenue · Wed 08:16, cleared after 9 h 59 min

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