Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M5 northbound lane closure between J17 and J16, live incident, started Thu 8 Oct, 21:30
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J17 to J16
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 21:30
- Category
- Incident
M5 northbound link road closure between J16 and J15, 8 Oct 2026
Cancelled
This closure on the M5 was cancelled before it started. It had been planned for 21:00 on Thu 8 Oct to 06:00 on Fri 9 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 01:20 on Saturday 3 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cancelled
- Closure type
- Link road closure
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J16 to J15
- Location
- M5 northbound within J16
- Planned start
- 21:00 on Thursday 8 October 2026
- Planned end
- 06:00 on Friday 9 October 2026
- Details
- M5 northbound Jct 16 to Jct 15 carriageway closure
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 01:20 on Saturday 3 October 2026
Map of the M5 northbound link road closure between J16 and J15
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- Cleared
Other M5 closures and crash records
25 other closures are in force on the M5 right now, and 96 more are planned in the next 7 days.
The M5 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 15,389 collisions on the road, 490 of them fatal.
- Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M5 southbound lane closure between J19 and J20, live incident, started Thu 8 Oct, 19:53
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J19 to J20
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 19:53
- Category
- Incident
- Active roadworksEntry slip road closureNational Highways
M5 northbound entry slip road closure between J16 and J15, active roadworks, started Thu 8 Oct, 21:33
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J16 to J15
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 21:33
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksLink road closureNational Highways
M5 northbound link road closure between J16 and J15, active roadworks, started Thu 8 Oct, 21:33
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J16 to J15
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 21:33
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksLane closureNational Highways
M5 northbound lane closure between J17 and J16, active roadworks, started Thu 8 Oct, 21:33
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J17 to J16
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 21:33
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksExit slip road closureNational Highways
M5 northbound exit slip road closure at J7, active roadworks, started Thu 8 Oct, 21:03
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J7
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 21:03
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Construction Work