M56 crash J4–J5 westbound
Crash on the M56 westbound at J4–J5 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 14:32. Cleared at 20:57 after 6 h 26 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 20:57 on 29 Oct 2026, after 6 h 26 min
- Location
- M56 westbound · J4–J5
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min
- Sources
- TomTom · Motorway signs ×2
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M56 westbound between J4 and J5).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M56 J2 westbound exit).
Other recent incidents on the M56
- M56 reported crash J4–J3 eastbound
- M56 reported crash J5 westbound
- M56 delays
- M56 stopped traffic J14–J15
- M56 stopped traffic J15–J14
- M56 stopped traffic J3A
- M56 stopped traffic J4–J3
- M56 stopped traffic J3A
- M56 stopped traffic J14–J15
- M56 crash J6 eastbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M56 J4 and M56 J5.
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