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M56 crash J10–J9

Crash on the M56 at J10–J9 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 12:47. Cleared at 13:56 after 1 h 10 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 13:56 on 16 Oct 2026, after 1 h 10 min
Location
M56 · J10–J9
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~33 min
Sources
TomTom ×2
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~27 min
  2. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
  3. TomTom no longer reports it
  4. All clear: no source reports it any more
  5. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  6. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  7. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  8. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
  9. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  10. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  11. TomTom no longer reports it
  12. All clear: no source reports it any more
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  14. TomTom no longer reports it
  15. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  16. TomTom no longer reports it
  17. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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