Active roadworksLane closureNational Highways
A5 lane closure at the roundabout at A5/A47 near Hinckley, active roadworks, started Mon 21 Sep, 20:43
- Road
- A5
- Started
- Mon 21 Sep, 20:43
- Expected to clear
- Mon 19 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
A5 closures today: traffic accidents, incidents and roadworks
No accidents or other live incidents are reported on the A5 right now. 1 roadworks closure is in force.
8 closures are planned in the next 7 days, the first starting at 20:00 on Mon 28 Sep.
Closure data as of 07:55 on Monday 28 September 2026, checked every 5 minutes.
Map of A5 closures
The map shows 1 closure in force now, 8 planned in the next 7 days and 3 cleared most recently.
Map of closures on the A5
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- Active roadworks
- Planned
- Cleared
Live accidents and incidents on the A5
No accidents or other live incidents are reported on the A5 right now.
A5 roadworks in force now
1 roadworks closure is in force on the A5, most recently started first.
A5 closures planned this week
8 closures are planned in the next 7 days, grouped by the day they start. 15 more are booked for the week after.
Monday 28 September 2026
1 closure
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5 southbound lane closure between A509 and A421, planned, starts Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- A5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Starts
- Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 29 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Tuesday 29 September 2026
2 closures
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5 southbound lane closure between A509 and A421, planned, starts Tue 29 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- A5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Starts
- Tue 29 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 30 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5 southbound lane closure between A422/A508 and A422, planned, starts Tue 29 Sep, 21:00
- Road
- A5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Starts
- Tue 29 Sep, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 30 Sep, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Wednesday 30 September 2026
2 closures
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5 southbound lane closure between A509 and A421, planned, starts Wed 30 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- A5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Starts
- Wed 30 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 1 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5 northbound lane closure near Bletchley, planned, starts Wed 30 Sep, 21:00
- Road
- A5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Starts
- Wed 30 Sep, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 1 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Thursday 1 October 2026
2 closures
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5 southbound lane closure between A509 and A421, planned, starts Thu 1 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- A5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Starts
- Thu 1 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 2 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5 lane closure in both directions at the roundabout at A5/B4100, planned, starts Thu 1 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A5
- Direction
- Both directions
- Starts
- Thu 1 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 2 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Friday 2 October 2026
1 closure
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5 lane closure in both directions at the roundabout at A5/B4100, planned, starts Fri 2 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A5
- Direction
- Both directions
- Starts
- Fri 2 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Sat 3 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Recently cleared A5 closures
3 closures on the A5 cleared in the last 3 days.
- ClearedLane closureNational Highways
A5 lane closure between A47 near Hinckley and A47 near Nuneaton, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 06:00
- Road
- A5
- Started
- Mon 21 Sep, 06:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- ClearedLane closureNational Highways
A5 lane closure at the roundabout at A5/A47 near Hinckley, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 06:00
- Road
- A5
- Started
- Mon 21 Sep, 06:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- ClearedLane closureNational Highways
A5 lane closure at the roundabout at A5/A47 near Hinckley, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 06:00
- Road
- A5
- Started
- Mon 21 Sep, 20:43
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
A5 closure history and crash statistics
Closures stay on this page for 3 days after they clear, then move to the road closure archive, which lists every cleared closure on motorways and major A roads, newest first.
The A5 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 40,932 collisions on the road, 991 of them fatal.