M56 stopped traffic J4–J5
Stopped traffic on the M56 at J4–J5 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 15:23. Cleared at 19:17 after 3 h 54 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 19:17 on 20 Oct 2026, after 3 h 54 min
- Location
- M56 · J4–J5
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~28 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×2
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “Heavy rain, Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Heavy rain, Heavy traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic, Lane closed
- Heavy rain, Heavy traffic
Other recent incidents on the M56
- M56 reported crash J3–J2 eastbound
- M56 crash J5 westbound
- M56 closed J5 westbound
- M56 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M56 crash J10–J9
- M56 crash J3–J4 westbound
- M56 stopped traffic J3A
- M56 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M56 stopped traffic J3–J4 westbound
- M56 crash J3–J2 eastbound
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.