M56 stopped traffic J3A

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J3A on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 18:16. Cleared at 18:48 after 32 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:48 on 15 Oct 2026, after 32 min

Location

M56 · J3A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 18:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
2. 18:25 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~18)
3. 18:34 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~24)
4. 18:39 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
5. 18:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 18:48 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 18:48 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M56

• M56 stopped traffic J3–J215:26 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M56 stopped traffic J3–J4 westboundyesterday 18:00 · cleared after 39 min
• M56 crash J3–J2 eastboundSat 16:31 · cleared after 1 h 14 min
• M56 crash J6–J7 westboundSat 10:51 · cleared after 53 min
• M56 reported crash J4–J5 westbound8 Oct 2026 06:07 · cleared after 47 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 crash J15–J14 eastbound29 Sept 2026 16:17 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M56 stopped traffic J14–J1528 Sept 2026 15:43 · cleared after 2 h 32 min
• M56 stopped traffic J14–J1527 Sept 2026 14:29 · cleared after 2 h 50 min

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