Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M40 northbound lane closure between J2 and J3, live incident, started Mon 5 Oct, 20:34
- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J2 to J3
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 20:34
- Category
- Incident
M40 southbound lane closure between J2 and J1A, 13 Aug 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M40 has cleared. It started at 14:45 on Thu 13 Aug and cleared at 14:52 on Thu 13 Aug.
Last updated by National Highways at 14:52 on Thursday 13 August 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J2 to J1A
- Location
- M40 southbound between J2 and J1A
- Started
- 14:45 on Thursday 13 August 2026
- Cleared
- 14:52 on Thursday 13 August 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 14:52 on Thursday 13 August 2026
Map of the M40 southbound lane closure between J2 and J1A
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- Cleared
Other M40 closures and crash records
14 other closures are in force on the M40 right now, and 71 more are planned in the next 7 days.
The M40 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 8,678 collisions on the road, 266 of them fatal.
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J9
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 22:15
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J5
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 22:15
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J6 to J5
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 22:15
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M25 and M40
- Direction
- Both directions
- Junctions
- J16 to J17
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 22:02
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksLane closureNational Highways
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 22:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance