M56 stopped traffic J3A

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J3A on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 15:09. Cleared at 18:29 after 3 h 20 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:29 on 1 Oct 2026, after 3 h 20 min

Location

M56 J3A

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Thu 15:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Thu 15:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
3. Thu 15:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Thu 15:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. Thu 16:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Thu 16:05 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. Thu 17:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Thu 18:20 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Thu 18:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Thu 18:29 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Thu 18:29 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M56

• M56 stopped traffic J6–J7 westboundyesterday 15:57 · cleared after 3 h 8 min
• 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 J3A28 Oct 2026 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 J3A26 Oct 2026 14:31 · cleared after 4 h 22 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M56 J3A.

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