M56 stopped traffic J3A

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J3A on Friday 23 October 2026, from 12:47. Still reported at 18:07 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 12:47 (5 h 20 min)

Location

M56 · J3A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~29 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~31 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 12:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 12:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 13:00 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 13:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 13:19 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 13:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
7. 13:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 13:33 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. 13:46 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
10. 13:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. 14:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
12. 16:18 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
13. 17:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
14. 17:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
15. 17:36 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~12)

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Lane closed
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M56

• M56 delays J15–J14 eastbound12:24 · cleared after 4 h 27 min
• M56 stopped traffic J7–J8yesterday 07:14 · cleared after 2 h 58 min
• M56 crash J5–J6 westboundWed 07:53 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M56 stopped traffic J4–J5Tue 15:23 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M56 reported crash J3–J2 eastboundMon 13:59 · cleared after 41 min
• M56 crash J5 westboundMon 13:59 · cleared after 5 h 14 min
• M56 closed J5 westboundSat 19:38 · cleared after 12 h 25 min
• M56 stopped traffic J3–J216 Oct 2026 13:43 · cleared after 3 h 50 min
• M56 crash J10–J916 Oct 2026 12:47 · cleared after 1 h 10 min
• M56 crash J3–J4 westbound16 Oct 2026 04:41 · cleared after 1 h 38 min

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