🚨 Emergency? Call 999 · Motorway breakdown? 0300 123 5000
Search
LIVE
Loading incidents...

Start typing to search

Find traffic updates, service providers, tools & more

📢 Seen an incident on this road? Report it in 30 seconds Report ›
🏠 Traffic Hub 🚨 Major 🟠 Roadworks 🗺️ Live Map 🏴 All England 🔴 All Incidents 📊 Regions 🕐 Worst Commute 🔍 Was I Affected? 💬 Discussions
Home / Traffic / Incidents / M56
M56 Severe Cleared

M56 - Incident

13h ago Duration: 11h 35m 6 views

Incident Details

The M56 westbound between junctions J3A and J3

M56
Severe
Cleared
18:16, 17 Oct 2026
05:52, 18 Oct 2026
11h 35m

📜 Incident timeline

· First report

The M56 westbound between junctions J3A and J3

· Update

The M56 westbound between junctions J3A and J3

· Update

The M56 westbound entry slip at junction J3A

· Update

The M56 westbound between junctions J3A and J3

· Update

The M56 westbound entry slip at junction J3A

· Final update

The M56 westbound between junctions J3A and J3

Wording as published by National Highways, recorded as it changed.

M56 Live 💬 Discuss 🗺️ Map

📢 Share This Incident

M56 — M56 - Incident Full details 👉 https://uktrafficupdates.uk/traffic/incidents/26225926-m56-incident/
💬 WhatsApp 𝕏 Twitter ✈️ Telegram 🔗 Reddit

Was I Affected?

Enter when you were travelling on M56 to check

More on M56

M56 M56 - Collision 8h ago
M56 M56 - Collision 10h ago
M56 M56 - Collision 14h ago
M56 M56 - Incident 14h ago
M56 M56 - Incident 14h ago
All M56 incidents →
🗺️

Live Map

See this on the map

 💬

Discuss

What happened?

 🆘

Broken Down?

Get recovery now
🏠Home 🗺️Map 📊Regions 🆘Help
🔍
⚡ Early Warning System
We detected congestion building on the M56 62 minutes before this incident was officially reported.
In the last 30 days, we've detected 225 incidents on the M56 an average of 5303 minutes early.
Get Early Warnings for M56 → From £2.99/mo · 7-day free trial