Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M40 northbound lane closure at J1A, live incident, started Tue 6 Oct, 22:10
- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J1A
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 22:10
- Category
- Incident
M40 southbound lane closure between J6 and J5, 6 Oct 2026
Active roadworks
This roadworks closure on the M40 is in force now. It started at 22:15 on Tue 6 Oct and is expected to clear at 06:00 on Wed 7 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 22:37 on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Active roadworks
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J6 to J5
- Location
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Lanes
- 2 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 22:15 on Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Expected to clear
- 06:00 on Wednesday 7 October 2026
- Details
- M40 Southbound, Jct 6 to Jct 5 lane 1 and 2 closure
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 22:37 on Tuesday 6 October 2026
Map of the M40 southbound lane closure between J6 and J5
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- Active roadworks
Other M40 closures and crash records
11 other closures are in force on the M40 right now, and 72 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
- M25 and M40
- Direction
- Both directions
- Junctions
- J16 to J17
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 22:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 22:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J8
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 22:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J1A to J1
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 05:30
- Category
- Road Maintenance
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- Road
- M40
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J4 to J3
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance