PlannedCarriageway closureNational Highways
A42 southbound carriageway closure between A453 and A511, planned, starts Tue 6 Oct, 13:00
- Road
- A42
- Direction
- Southbound
- Starts
- Tue 6 Oct, 13:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
A42 northbound lane closure between A453 and M1/A453, 2 Jan 2026
Cleared
This incident on the A42 has cleared. It started at 12:11 on 2 Jan 2026 and cleared at 12:31 on 2 Jan 2026.
Last updated by National Highways at 12:31 on Friday 2 January 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- A42
- Direction
- Northbound
- Location
- A42 northbound between A453 and M1/A453
- Started
- 12:11 on Friday 2 January 2026
- Cleared
- 12:31 on Friday 2 January 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 12:31 on Friday 2 January 2026
Map of the A42 northbound lane closure between A453 and M1/A453
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- Cleared
Other A42 closures and crash records
No other closures are in force on the A42 right now, and 14 closures are planned in the next 7 days.
The A42 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 633 collisions on the road, 24 of them fatal.
- PlannedCarriageway closureNational Highways
A42 southbound carriageway closure between A453 and A511, planned, starts Wed 7 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- A42
- Direction
- Southbound
- Starts
- Wed 7 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedCarriageway closureNational Highways
A42 southbound carriageway closure between A453 and A511, planned, starts Thu 8 Oct, 13:00
- Road
- A42
- Direction
- Southbound
- Starts
- Thu 8 Oct, 13:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedExit slip road closureNational Highways
A42 southbound exit slip road closure at J11, planned, starts Thu 8 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- A42
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J11
- Starts
- Thu 8 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedEntry slip road closureNational Highways
A42 southbound entry slip road closure at J12, planned, starts Thu 8 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- A42
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J12
- Starts
- Thu 8 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedExit slip road closureNational Highways
A42 southbound exit slip road closure at J12, planned, starts Thu 8 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- A42
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J12
- Starts
- Thu 8 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance