M56 delays

Long delays on the M56 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 17:23. Cleared at 18:34 after 1 h 11 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:34 on 30 Oct 2026, after 1 h 11 min

Location

M56

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Fri 17:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min
2. Fri 18:12 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
3. Fri 18:34 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Fri 18:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M56

• M56 reported crash J4–J3 eastboundSun 14:09 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M56 reported crash J5 westboundSun 14:09 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M56 stopped traffic J14–J15Fri 12:56 · cleared after 1 h 57 min
• M56 stopped traffic J15–J14Thu 15:18 · cleared after 3 h 32 min
• M56 crash J4–J5 westboundThu 14:32 · cleared after 6 h 26 min
• M56 stopped traffic J3AWed 14:49 · cleared after 3 h 46 min
• M56 stopped traffic J4–J327 Oct 2026 14:12 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M56 stopped traffic J3A26 Oct 2026 14:31 · cleared after 4 h 22 min
• M56 stopped traffic J14–J1526 Oct 2026 07:12 · cleared after 2 h 9 min
• M56 crash J6 eastbound24 Oct 2026 19:41 · cleared after 49 min

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