Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M1 southbound lane closure between J9 and J8, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 22:48
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J9 to J8
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:48
- Category
- Incident
M1 southbound lane closure at J18, 7 Oct 2026
Cleared
This roadworks closure on the M1 has cleared. It started at 22:00 on Wed 7 Oct and cleared at 06:00 on Thu 8 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 01:06 on Thursday 8 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J18
- Location
- M1 southbound within J18
- Lanes
- 3 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 22:00 on Wednesday 7 October 2026
- Cleared
- 06:00 on Thursday 8 October 2026
- Details
- Lane 2,3,4 closure southbound
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 01:06 on Thursday 8 October 2026
Map of the M1 southbound lane closure at J18
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- Cleared
Other M1 closures and crash records
7 other closures are in force on the M1 right now, and 156 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.
- Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M1 northbound lane closure between J16 and J17, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 07:18
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J16 to J17
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 07:18
- Category
- Incident
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M1 northbound lane closure between J16 and J17, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 06:46
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J16 to J17
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:46
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
- M6 and M1
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J19
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 20:00
- Category
- Construction Work
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- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J44
- Started
- Sat 3 Oct, 06:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 9 Nov, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J10 to J11
- Started
- Thu 23 Jul, 02:35
- Expected to clear
- Sat 24 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Construction Work