M65 stopped traffic J2–J3

Stopped traffic on the M65 at J2–J3 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 18:32. Cleared at 19:09 after 37 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:09 on 16 Oct 2026, after 37 min

Location

M65 · J2–J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~44 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 18:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~44 min
2. 18:37 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~44)
3. 18:41 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~29)
4. 18:51 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
5. 18:55 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 18:55 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. 19:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. 19:09 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M65

• M65 crash J1–J2 eastboundyesterday 05:17 · cleared after 55 min
• M65 crash J2–J3 eastboundyesterday 05:01 · cleared after 1 h 3 min
• M65 reported crash J5–J6 eastbound7 Oct 2026 17:59 · cleared after 50 min
• M65 stopped traffic J5–J61 Oct 2026 15:51 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M65 stopped traffic J5–J61 Oct 2026 05:40 · cleared after 3 h 51 min
• M65 crash J3–J230 Sept 2026 07:15 · cleared after 2 h 41 min
• M65 reported crash J1A–J1 eastbound29 Sept 2026 14:29 · cleared after 43 min

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