Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M1 southbound lane closure at J42, live incident, started Sun 4 Oct, 20:38
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J42
- Started
- Sun 4 Oct, 20:38
- Category
- Incident
M1 northbound slip road closure at J40, 19 Sep 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M1 has cleared. It started at 19:50 on Sat 19 Sep and cleared at 20:05 on Sat 19 Sep.
Last updated by National Highways at 20:05 on Saturday 19 September 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Slip road closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J40
- Location
- M1 J40 northbound exit
- Started
- 19:50 on Saturday 19 September 2026
- Cleared
- 20:05 on Saturday 19 September 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 20:05 on Saturday 19 September 2026
Map of the M1 northbound slip road closure at J40
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- Cleared
Other M1 closures and crash records
6 other closures are in force on the M1 right now, and 134 more are planned in the next 7 days.
The M1 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 40,463 collisions on the road, 939 of them fatal.
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- Junctions
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- Direction
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- Junctions
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- Category
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