M57 stopped traffic J5–J6

Cleared Cleared at 18:22 on 24 Sept 2026, after 57 min.

Stopped traffic on the M57 at J5–J6 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 17:25. Cleared at 18:22 after 57 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M57 · J5–J6

   Queueing traffic

   Thu 17:25–Thu 18:22 (cleared after 57 min) · delay ~3 min · queue 3.0 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~75 min

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Timeline

1. Thu 17:25 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~24 min
2. Thu 17:30 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~24)
3. Thu 17:34 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Thu 17:34 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Thu 17:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~75 min (reported again)
6. Thu 18:00 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~57)
7. Thu 18:05 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~29)
8. Thu 18:09 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~17)
9. Thu 18:13 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Thu 18:13 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. Thu 18:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
12. Thu 18:22 TomTom no longer reports it

What the sources said

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M57

• M57 closed J5–J6 · 00:09, cleared after 1 h
• M57 closed J5–J6 · yesterday 21:54, cleared after 1 h 42 min
• M57 reported crash J5–J6 northbound · Mon 07:21, cleared after 38 min

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