M53 stopped traffic J9–J10

Stopped traffic on the M53 at J9–J10 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 16:17. Cleared at 18:49 after 2 h 32 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:49 on 29 Oct 2026, after 2 h 32 min

Location

M53 J9–J10

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Thu 16:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Thu 16:18 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Thu 16:18 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Thu 16:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
5. Thu 16:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
6. Thu 16:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. Thu 16:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Thu 16:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Thu 18:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Thu 18:33 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. Thu 18:49 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Thu 18:49 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M53

• M53 stopped traffic J2–J1Wed 18:20 · cleared after 46 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 J9 and M53 J10.

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