M56 stopped traffic J14–J15

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J14–J15 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 07:12. Cleared at 09:21 after 2 h 9 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:21 on 26 Oct 2026, after 2 h 9 min

Location

M56 J14–J15

Reported as

Obstruction or hazard

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~69 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Mon 07:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~69 min
2. Mon 08:44 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Mon 08:44 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Mon 08:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
5. Mon 08:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
6. Mon 08:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
7. Mon 09:06 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Mon 09:06 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Slow traffic”, delay ~1 min (reported again)
9. Mon 09:21 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Mon 09:21 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Heavy rain, 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 delaysFri 17:23 · cleared after 1 h 11 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 crash J6 eastbound24 Oct 2026 19:41 · cleared after 49 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M56 J14 and M56 J15.

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