A50 crash Penrith Avenue → Cartmel Avenue

Crash on the A50 at Penrith Avenue → Cartmel Avenue on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 08:16. Cleared at 18:15 after 9 h 59 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:15 on 23 Sept 2026, after 9 h 59 min

Location

A50 Penrith Avenue → Cartmel Avenue

Reported as

Collision

Sources

TomTom ×11 · 3 driver reports

Timeline

1. Wed 08:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 08:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. Wed 08:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
4. Wed 08:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. Wed 08:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
6. Wed 09:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
7. Wed 09:42 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Wed 09:42 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Wed 09:54 TomTom: collision, “Accident”, 1 driver report
10. Wed 10:23 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Wed 10:23 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Wed 15:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
13. Wed 15:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
14. Wed 16:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
15. Wed 16:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
16. Wed 16:51 TomTom no longer reports it
17. Wed 16:51 All clear: no source reports it any more
18. Wed 17:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min (reported again)
19. Wed 17:33 TomTom no longer reports it
20. Wed 17:33 All clear: no source reports it any more
21. Wed 17:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min
22. Wed 17:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
23. Wed 17:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
24. Wed 18:15 TomTom no longer reports it
25. Wed 18:15 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Accident

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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