Live incidentSlip road closureNational Highways
M40 southbound slip road closure at J1A, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 22:40
- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J1A
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:40
- Category
- Incident
M40 southbound lane closure between J6 and J5, 5 Oct 2026
Cleared
This roadworks closure on the M40 has cleared. It started at 23:51 on Mon 5 Oct and cleared at 01:56 on Tue 6 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 00:40 on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J6 to J5
- Location
- M40 southbound between J6 and J5
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 23:51 on Monday 5 October 2026
- Cleared
- 01:56 on Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Details
- M40 Southbound Jct 6 to Jct 5, lane 1 and 2 closure
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 00:40 on Wednesday 7 October 2026
Map of the M40 southbound lane closure between J6 and J5
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- Cleared
Other M40 closures and crash records
15 other closures are in force on the M40 right now, and 67 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.
- Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M40 southbound lane closure between J2 and J1A, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 22:40
- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J2 to J1A
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:40
- Category
- Incident
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M25 link road closure in both directions between J16 and J17, active roadworks, started Wed 7 Oct, 22:15
- Road
- M25 and M40
- Direction
- Both directions
- Junctions
- J16 to J17
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:15
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksLane closureNational Highways
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:15
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J5
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:15
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 05:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksCarriageway closureNational Highways
M40 southbound carriageway closure between J8A and J8, active roadworks, started Wed 7 Oct, 22:15
- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J8A to J8
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 22:15
- Expected to clear
- Thu 8 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance