M65 stopped traffic J3–J2

Stopped traffic on the M65 at J3–J2 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 16:33. Cleared at 18:08 after 1 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:08 on 29 Oct 2026, after 1 h 36 min

Location

M65 J3–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~49 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Thu 16:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Thu 16:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. Thu 16:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Thu 17:03 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. Thu 17:33 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Thu 17:33 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Thu 17:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
8. Thu 17:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~46 min
9. Thu 17:53 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Thu 17:53 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. Thu 17:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
12. Thu 18:03 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~26), “Queuing traffic”
13. Thu 18:08 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Thu 18:08 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M65

• M65 crash J2–J3 eastboundWed 17:19 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M65 crash J2 westbound20 Oct 2026 14:16 · cleared after 3 h 7 min
• M65 stopped traffic J2–J316 Oct 2026 18:32 · cleared after 37 min
• M65 crash J1–J2 eastbound15 Oct 2026 05:17 · cleared after 55 min
• M65 crash J2–J3 eastbound15 Oct 2026 05:01 · cleared after 1 h 3 min
• M65 reported crash J5–J6 eastbound7 Oct 2026 17:59 · cleared after 50 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M65 J3 and M65 J2.

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