M18 stopped traffic J2–J1

Stopped traffic on the M18 at J2–J1 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 07:27. Cleared at 08:12 after 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:12 on 2 Nov 2026, after 46 min

Location

M18 J2–J1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. yesterday 07:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
2. yesterday 07:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. yesterday 07:59 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
4. yesterday 08:03 TomTom no longer reports it
5. yesterday 08:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. yesterday 08:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
7. yesterday 08:12 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M18

• M18 crash J2–J1 southboundyesterday 15:32 · cleared after 3 h 20 min
• M18 reported crash J2 northboundyesterday 07:19 · cleared after 1 h
• M18 delays J2Fri 16:02 · cleared after 2 h 11 min
• M18 crash J3 northbound26 Oct 2026 17:38 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M18 closed J6–J7 northbound24 Oct 2026 17:16 · cleared after 24 h 17 min
• M18 closed J4–J5 northbound24 Oct 2026 17:16 · cleared after 28 h 25 min
• M18 closed J6–J5 southbound24 Oct 2026 17:16 · cleared after 28 h 25 min
• M18 closed J1–J2 northbound24 Oct 2026 17:03 · cleared after 24 h 29 min
• M18 stopped traffic J1–J223 Oct 2026 12:15 · cleared after 7 h 6 min
• M18 crash J1–J2 southbound23 Oct 2026 05:55 · cleared after 1 h 37 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M18 J2 and M18 J1.

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