M56 stopped traffic J5

Live Still reported at 18:05 UK time, since 15:36 (2 h 28 min).

Stopped traffic on the M56 at J5 on Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 15:36. Still reported at 18:05 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M56 · J5

   Queueing traffic

   since 15:36 (2 h 28 min) · delay ~26 min · queue 8.0 mi

   TomTom

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Timeline

1. 15:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 15:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 15:49 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 16:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 16:40 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M56

• M56 crash J15–J14 eastbound · yesterday 16:17, cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M56 stopped traffic J14–J15 · Mon 15:43, cleared after 2 h 32 min
• M56 crash J6–J5 eastbound · Sat 11:32, cleared after 57 min
• M56 reported crash J5 westbound · Sat 11:32, cleared after 44 min
• M56 crash J14–J15 · Fri 13:17, cleared after 1 h 37 min
• M56 crash J14–J15 westbound · 24 Sept 2026 11:45, cleared after 54 min
• M56 crash J10–J9 westbound · 24 Sept 2026 10:45, cleared after 50 min
• M56 crash J14 · 23 Sept 2026 19:33, cleared after 2 h 24 min
• M56 crash J9 eastbound · 23 Sept 2026 17:21, cleared after 35 min
• M56 crash J9 westbound · 23 Sept 2026 17:02, cleared after 1 h 13 min

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