M53 stopped traffic J2–J1

Stopped traffic on the M53 at J2–J1 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 18:20. Cleared at 19:05 after 46 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:05 on 28 Oct 2026, after 46 min

Location

M53 J2–J1

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Wed 18:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~27 min
2. Wed 18:40 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Wed 18:40 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Wed 18:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
5. Wed 19:05 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Wed 19:05 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M53

• M53 stopped traffic J9–J10Thu 16:17 · cleared after 2 h 32 min
• M53 stopped traffic J9–J10Wed 16:18 · cleared after 2 h 37 min
• M53 stopped traffic J2–J114 Oct 2026 08:29 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M53 crash J10–J118 Oct 2026 23:39 · cleared after 14 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M53 J2 and M53 J1.

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