M56 stopped traffic J3A

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J3A on Monday 26 October 2026, from 14:31. Cleared at 18:53 after 4 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:53 on 26 Oct 2026, after 4 h 22 min

Location

M56 J3A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~48 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Mon 14:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Mon 14:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. Mon 14:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Mon 14:45 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. Mon 14:50 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Mon 14:50 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Mon 14:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
8. Mon 14:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
9. Mon 14:59 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
10. Mon 15:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Mon 15:17 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. Mon 16:03 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Mon 16:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
14. Mon 16:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min (reported again)
15. Mon 17:31 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~18)
16. Mon 18:12 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~24), “Queuing traffic”
17. Mon 18:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. Mon 18:30 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16)
19. Mon 18:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. Mon 18:53 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Mon 18:53 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow 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 J14–J15Fri 12:56 · cleared after 1 h 57 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 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 J3A.

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