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M2

M2 Traffic News

M2 Motorway · Faversham (A2) → Rochester

M2 traffic at 04:55 on Monday 12 October: no major incidents reported — live National Highways updates every 5 minutes.

🔵 Motorway Clear 🚨 0 incidents 🚧 0 roadworks · 2 soon ⏱ Updated 04:55
26 miles long
7 junctions
Regions: South East
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M2 COLLISION | EASTBOUND (COASTBOUND) | TRAFFIC HELD / DELAYS | BETWEEN J5 (STOCKBURY INTERCHANGE / A249 / SITTINGBOURNE / SHEERNESS) & J6 (FAVERSHAM / A251 / ASHFORD ROAD) KENT | NEAR: Stockbury / Sittingbourne / Bredgar / Newnham / Doddington / Faversham REPORTED BEFORE: 08:00 BST | ONG
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🗺️ M2 Traffic Map — Where It's Happening

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🔢 M2 Junction Status

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🟢 Clear · 🟡 Delays nearby · 🔴 Severe/Crash · Status labels: 💥 CRASH · ❌ CLOSED · 🐌 SLOW · 🚧 WORKS · ⚠️ HAZARD

A red or orange junction border marks a STATS19 collision blackspot. Tap any junction for its own page — live incidents and full collision history. Tap the funnel to filter the list above.

📊 How busy is the M2?

The M2 carries up to 103,004 vehicles a day at its busiest stretch (near J3), including 9,068 HGVs — the 20th busiest motorway in Britain. Official Department for Transport counts, 2025.

103,004
🚗 vehicles a day · near J3
9,068
🚛 lorries a day
2025
📅 DfT count year
8.8% HGVs
share of traffic on the busiest stretch
Busiest stretch of each motorway — vehicles a day
M25 212,636
M6 187,521
M56 179,634
M1 162,446
M8 158,065
M4 156,491
M2 103,004
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RoadBusiest stretchVehicles/dayHGVs/dayHGV share
M25 near J14 212,636 14,853 7%
M6 J20–J21 187,521 23,492 12.5%
M56 J3–J4 179,634 7,547 4.2%
M1 near J9 162,446 19,151 11.8%
M8 J16–J17 158,065 7,214 4.6%
M4 near J4 156,491 6,249 4%
M2 ◀ near J3 103,004 9,068 8.8%
Source: Department for Transport road traffic statistics, average annual daily flows 2025. Official counts, updated yearly.

📈 M2 Journey Pulse — when incidents actually happen

Early picture — 34 incidents recorded on the M2 since February 2026. The pattern below firms up as the archive grows.

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HourIncidentsShare
00:00–01:00 0 0%
01:00–02:00 0 0%
02:00–03:00 1 2.9%
03:00–04:00 0 0%
04:00–05:00 0 0%
05:00–06:00 1 2.9%
06:00–07:00 1 2.9%
07:00–08:00 1 2.9%
08:00–09:00 1 2.9%
09:00–10:00 0 0%
10:00–11:00 1 2.9%
11:00–12:00 2 5.9%
12:00–13:00 1 2.9%
13:00–14:00 1 2.9%
14:00–15:00 0 0%
15:00–16:00 1 2.9%
16:00–17:00 3 8.8%
17:00–18:00 ◀ peak 5 14.7%
18:00–19:00 ◀ peak 2 5.9%
19:00–20:00 ◀ peak 9 26.5%
20:00–21:00 1 2.9%
21:00–22:00 3 8.8%
22:00–23:00 0 0%
23:00–00:00 0 0%
Measured from 34 incidents recorded by this site since February 2026 (planned roadworks excluded). Recomputed nightly from our incident archive.

🧭 Along the M2

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Medway Viaducts
Twin viaducts over the Medway, beside the HS1 rail bridge
🏰J3
Rochester & Chatham
J3 (A229) for the castle, dockyard and Maidstone
⚓J7
Canterbury & Dover
Eastern end joins the A2 towards the port

⚠️ Most Dangerous M2 Junctions

Based on DfT STATS19 police collision records. The M2 has 376 recorded collisions at 7 collision hotspots, involving 589 casualties (9 fatal). Take extra care here.

#1
J1
138 collisions · 212 casualties · 2 fatal · 34 serious
Severe Blackspot
#2
J2
66 collisions · 104 casualties · 2 fatal · 13 serious
Severe Blackspot
#3
J6
51 collisions · 78 casualties · 1 fatal · 13 serious
Severe Blackspot
#4
J4
40 collisions · 64 casualties · 1 fatal · 13 serious
Severe Blackspot
#5
J3
44 collisions · 71 casualties · 1 fatal · 10 serious
Severe Blackspot
#6
J5
20 collisions · 33 casualties · 1 fatal · 4 serious
Severe Blackspot
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❓ M2 Traffic — Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is the M2 closed today?

Any M2 closure appears in the live feed above within minutes of National Highways reporting it, including tonight's overnight roadworks closures.

Q: Is there traffic on the M2 today?

The live feed above shows every incident, delay, roadwork and overnight closure on the M2, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.

Q: What is the worst time to use the M2?

The M2 is typically busiest during morning rush hour (07:30–09:00) and evening rush hour (17:00–19:00) on weekdays.

Q: Are there roadworks on the M2 right now?

Roadworks and overnight closures on the M2 are listed above and at /traffic/m2/roadworks/, taken from the National Highways daily closure report.

Q: What roads connect to the M2?

The M2 connects to: M25, A2, M20.

Q: How many vehicles use the M2 every day?

Official Department for Transport counts (2025) record 103,004 vehicles a day on the M2's busiest stretch (near J3), 9,068 of them HGVs. The full breakdown and comparison chart are in the traffic statistics section above.

Q: How busy is the M2 compared with other motorways?

The M2 has the 20th busiest motorway stretch in Britain at 103,004 vehicles a day (DfT 2025), behind the M25's 212,636 a day at the top.

📊 M2 Status Summary

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ℹ️ M2 Road Details

Length
26 miles
Junctions
7
From
Faversham (A2)
To
Rochester
Type
Motorway
AM Rush
07:30–09:00
PM Rush
17:00–19:00

📍 Key M2 Locations

Chatham Maidstone Sittingbourne Faversham

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DfT STATS19 police collision records

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