M56 stopped traffic J3–J2

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J3–J2 on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 15:26. Cleared at 17:34 after 2 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:34 on 15 Oct 2026, after 2 h 8 min

Location

M56 · J3–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 15:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. 15:35 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 15:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 15:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. 16:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 16:25 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 16:39 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~16)
8. 16:48 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~24)
9. 17:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 17:16 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. 17:34 TomTom no longer reports it
12. 17:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M56

• 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
• M56 crash J6–J5 eastbound26 Sept 2026 11:32 · cleared after 57 min

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