M2 stopped traffic J2–J1

Stopped traffic on the M2 at J2–J1 on Friday 6 November 2026, from 07:47. Cleared at 10:18 after 2 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 10:18 on 6 Nov 2026, after 2 h 31 min

Location

M2 J2–J1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 07:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
2. 07:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 08:00 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 08:55 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
5. 09:14 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~16)
6. 09:27 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~25)
7. 10:13 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
8. 10:18 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 10:18 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M2

• M2 reported crash J3–J4 eastboundMon 18:32 · cleared after 50 min
• M2 crash J6–J5Mon 07:34 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M2 crash J6–J5Sat 12:53 · cleared after 3 h 44 min
• M2 stopped traffic J4–J329 Oct 2026 15:00 · cleared after 4 h 27 min
• M2 crash J4–J3 eastbound28 Oct 2026 00:18 · cleared after 31 h 37 min
• M2 crash J3–J4 eastbound26 Oct 2026 12:53 · cleared after 5 h 3 min
• M2 closed J4–J326 Oct 2026 12:44 · cleared after 14 min
• M2 crash J3–J2 westbound26 Oct 2026 08:49 · cleared after 42 min
• M2 crash J2 westbound22 Oct 2026 06:31 · cleared after 4 h 34 min
• M2 crash J3–J2 westbound18 Oct 2026 14:59 · cleared after 36 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M2 J2 and M2 J1.

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