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M18 stopped traffic J1–J2

Stopped traffic on the M18 at J1–J2 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 12:15. Still reported at 15:18 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Live since 12:15 (3 h 3 min)
Location
M18 · J1–J2
Reported as
Queueing traffic
Delay
~30 min
At its worst
Stationary traffic
Sources
TomTom ×9
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
  2. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  3. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  4. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  5. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  6. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
  7. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  8. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
  11. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  13. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  14. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  15. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  16. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  17. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  18. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  19. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
  20. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  21. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
  22. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  23. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  24. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  25. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
  26. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  27. TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~14)
  28. TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~21), “Slow traffic”
  29. TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
  30. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  31. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  32. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  33. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  34. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  35. TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~20), “Slow traffic”
  36. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  37. TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
  38. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  39. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

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