M49 closed

Road closure on the M49 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 11:22. Cleared at 12:00 after 38 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:00 on 20 Oct 2026, after 38 min

Location

M49

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Delay ~11 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 11:22 TomTom: road closed
2. 11:37 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 11:37 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 11:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
5. 11:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 12:00 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 12:00 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Closed
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M49

• M49 stopped traffic9 Oct 2026 14:37 · cleared after 3 h 38 min
• M49 closed8 Oct 2026 02:21 · cleared after 1 h 10 min
• M49 closed8 Oct 2026 00:17 · cleared after 51 min
• M49 closed7 Oct 2026 23:08 · cleared after 2 h 5 min
• M49 closed6 Oct 2026 22:03 · cleared after 3 h 9 min
• M49 closed3 Oct 2026 00:31 · cleared after 27 h 25 min

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