A66 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the A66 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 07:53. Cleared at 09:21 after 1 h 28 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:21 on 20 Oct 2026, after 1 h 28 min

Location

A66

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 07:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
2. 07:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
3. 08:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 08:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. 08:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 09:07 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. 09:21 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 09:21 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the A66

• A66 crash westboundFri 17:47 · cleared after 2 h 37 min
• A66 stopped trafficFri 17:13 · cleared after 32 min
• A66 stopped trafficFri 15:42 · cleared after 1 h
• A66 crash after A685 westbound1 Oct 2026 10:28 · cleared after 3 h 56 min
• A66 crash after A685 westbound1 Oct 2026 10:28 · cleared after 3 h 56 min
• A66 crash after A6 eastbound1 Oct 2026 10:25 · cleared after 1 h 58 min
• A66 crash28 Sept 2026 16:19 · cleared after 3 h 45 min

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