A50 stopped traffic School Road → Winwick Road (A49)

Cleared Cleared at 18:15 on 23 Sept 2026, after 4 h 51 min.

Stopped traffic on the A50 at School Road → Winwick Road (A49) on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 13:23. Cleared at 18:15 after 4 h 51 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   A50 · School Road → Winwick Road (A49)

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 13:23–Wed 18:15 (cleared after 4 h 51 min) · delay ~12 min · queue 0.5 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 13:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 13:37 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Wed 13:37 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Wed 16:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
5. Wed 16:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
6. Wed 16:51 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~5)
7. Wed 17:47 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~20)
8. Wed 18:15 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Wed 18:15 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

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