M56 J3 traffic

No incidents reported at M56 J3 right now.

Updated 03:27 UK time · at J3 and the stretches either side

Right now

Nothing reported at M56 J3 at the moment.

No closures planned at J3 tonight.

Incidents

Collisions

Road closed

1time

Typical time to clear

1 h 15 minmedian of 20

Busiest time

15:00–16:00

M56 reported crash J4–J3 eastboundSun 14:09 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
M56 crash J4–J5 westboundThu 14:32 · cleared after 6 h 26 min
M56 crash J3–J2 eastbound24 Oct 2026 13:38 · cleared after 2 h 20 min
M56 stopped traffic J4–J520 Oct 2026 15:23 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
M56 reported crash J3–J2 eastbound19 Oct 2026 13:59 · cleared after 41 min
M56 closed J5 westbound17 Oct 2026 19:38 · cleared after 12 h 25 min
M56 crash J3–J4 westbound16 Oct 2026 04:41 · cleared after 1 h 38 min
M56 stopped traffic J3–J4 westbound14 Oct 2026 18:00 · cleared after 39 min
M56 crash J3–J2 eastbound10 Oct 2026 16:31 · cleared after 1 h 14 min
M56 stopped traffic J3–J4 westbound5 Oct 2026 15:51 · cleared after 17 h 44 min
M56 stopped traffic J5–J6 westbound3 Oct 2026 01:05 · cleared after 248 h 43 min
M56 stopped traffic J3–J2 eastbound30 Sept 2026 15:36 · cleared after 4 h 12 min
M56 stopped traffic J3–J2 eastbound23 Sept 2026 15:20 · cleared after 50 h 54 min

No incidents have closed it right now.

No closures are planned at J3 tonight.

6 collisions reported at or either side of J3 in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 Nov 2026 at 14:09.

Includes incidents at J3 and on the stretches either side of it. Sources: National Highways, TomTom, TfL and Traffic Wales. Times are UK time.