A50 closed Markfield → Leicester Road

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.

Status

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

Location

A50 Markfield → Leicester Road

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~33 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

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

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Closed

Other recent incidents on the A50

• A50 stopped trafficyesterday 07:19 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• A50 crash eastboundFri 18:15 · cleared after 2 h
• A50 crash eastbound26 Oct 2026 16:33 · cleared after 4 h 31 min
• A50 crash westbound26 Oct 2026 15:53 · cleared after 5 h 11 min

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