M56 stopped traffic J4–J3

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J4–J3 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 14:12. Cleared at 17:29 after 3 h 17 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:29 on 27 Oct 2026, after 3 h 17 min

Location

M56 J4–J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~28 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Tue 14:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Tue 14:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Tue 14:30 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
4. Tue 14:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Tue 14:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Tue 15:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Tue 15:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. Tue 15:53 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
9. Tue 15:57 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~20)
10. Tue 16:11 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~28)
11. Tue 16:16 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~18)
12. Tue 17:29 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Tue 17:29 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary 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 J3A26 Oct 2026 14:31 · cleared after 4 h 22 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 J4 and M56 J3.

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