M56 stopped traffic J3–J2 eastbound
Cleared Cleared at 18:14 on 25 Sept 2026, after 50 h 54 min.
Stopped traffic on the M56 eastbound at J3–J2 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 15:20. Cleared at 18:14 after 50 h 54 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
M56 eastbound · J3–J2
Broken-down vehicle
1 of 3 lanes closed · Wed 15:20–Fri 18:14 (cleared after 50 h 54 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 1.5 mi
TomTom · Motorway signs · National Highways
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~27 min
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~20)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M56 eastbound between J3 and J2).
- M56 eastbound between J3 and J2
Other recent incidents on the M56
- M56 crash J3–J2 eastbound
- M56 crash J6–J7 westbound
- M56 reported crash J4–J5 westbound
- M56 stopped traffic J3–J4 westbound
- M56 stopped traffic J5–J6 westbound
- M56 crash J15–J14 eastbound
- M56 stopped traffic J14–J15
- M56 stopped traffic J14–J15
- M56 crash J6–J5 eastbound
- M56 reported crash J5 westbound
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