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 southbound lane closure at J20, 22 Sep 2026
Cleared
This roadworks closure on the M1 has cleared. It started at 19:56 on Tue 22 Sep and cleared at 00:32 on Wed 23 Sep.
Last updated by National Highways at 13:20 on Sunday 27 September 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J20
- Location
- M1 southbound within J20
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 19:56 on Tuesday 22 September 2026
- Cleared
- 00:32 on Wednesday 23 September 2026
- Details
- Lane 1 closure southbound
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 13:20 on Sunday 27 September 2026
Map of the M1 southbound lane closure at J20
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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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- Road
- M1
- Direction
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- Junctions
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- Started
- Sun 4 Oct, 13:01
- Category
- Incident
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- Road
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- Category
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- Road
- M1
- Direction
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- Junctions
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- Expected to clear
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- Category
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- Road
- M1
- Direction
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- Junctions
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- Started
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- Expected to clear
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- Category
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- Road
- M1
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
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- Started
- Sun 30 Nov 2025, 09:00
- Expected to clear
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- Category
- Road Maintenance