M56 stopped traffic J14–J15

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J14–J15 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 12:56. Cleared at 14:52 after 1 h 57 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 14:52 on 30 Oct 2026, after 1 h 57 min

Location

M56 J14–J15

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min

Sources

TomTom ×6

Timeline

1. Fri 12:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Fri 13:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
3. Fri 13:06 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~4), “Queuing traffic”
4. Fri 13:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. Fri 13:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
6. Fri 13:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
7. Fri 13:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
8. Fri 13:26 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
9. Fri 14:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min
10. Fri 14:52 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Fri 14:52 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing 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 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

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

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