M2 stopped traffic

Stopped traffic on the M2 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 16:50. Cleared at 17:58 after 1 h 9 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:58 on 16 Oct 2026, after 1 h 9 min

Location

M2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 16:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
2. 16:59 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~21)
3. 17:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 17:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. 17:58 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 17:58 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M2

• M2 stopped traffic J6–J55 Oct 2026 07:38 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M2 crash J4–J3 westbound29 Sept 2026 17:24 · cleared after 1 h 49 min
• M2 stopped traffic J523 Sept 2026 12:14 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M2 stopped traffic J723 Sept 2026 08:31 · cleared after 1 h 58 min

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