M56 stopped traffic J14–J15

Cleared Cleared at 18:15 on 28 Sept 2026, after 2 h 32 min.

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J14–J15 on Monday 28 September 2026, from 15:43. Cleared at 18:15 after 2 h 32 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M56 · J14–J15

   Queueing traffic

   15:43–18:15 (cleared after 2 h 32 min) · delay ~71 min · queue 6.5 mi

   TomTom ×3

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Timeline

1. 15:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
2. 15:48 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~17)
3. 15:52 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~50 min (was ~30), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
4. 15:57 TomTom: delay now ~71 min (was ~50)
5. 16:06 TomTom: delay now ~122 min (was ~84)
6. 16:11 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~79 min (was ~122), “Stationary traffic”
7. 16:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~71 min
8. 16:29 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~81)
9. 16:34 TomTom: delay now ~55 min (was ~8)
10. 16:38 TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~55)
11. 17:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~29 min
12. 17:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 17:47 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15)
14. 18:05 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. 18:15 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 18:15 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M56

• M56 crash J6–J5 eastbound · Sat 11:32, cleared after 57 min
• M56 reported crash J5 westbound · Sat 11:32, cleared after 44 min
• M56 crash J14–J15 · Fri 13:17, cleared after 1 h 37 min
• M56 crash J14–J15 westbound · Thu 11:45, cleared after 54 min
• M56 crash J10–J9 westbound · Thu 10:45, cleared after 50 min
• M56 crash J14 · Wed 19:33, cleared after 2 h 24 min
• M56 crash J9 eastbound · Wed 17:21, cleared after 35 min
• M56 crash J9 westbound · Wed 17:02, cleared after 1 h 13 min

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