Live incidentSlip road closureNational Highways
M5 northbound slip road closure at J16, live incident, started Tue 6 Oct, 20:53
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J16
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 20:53
- Category
- Incident
M5 northbound carriageway closure between J19 and J18, 6 Oct 2026
Live incident
This incident on the M5 is in force now. It started at 20:27 on Tue 6 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 20:47 on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Live incident
- Closure type
- Carriageway closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J19 to J18
- Location
- M5 northbound between J19 and J18
- Started
- 20:27 on Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 20:47 on Tuesday 6 October 2026
Map of the M5 northbound carriageway closure between J19 and J18
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- Live incident
Other M5 closures and crash records
20 other closures are in force on the M5 right now, and 85 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 incidentCarriageway closureNational Highways
M5 southbound carriageway closure between J5 and J6, live incident, started Tue 6 Oct, 20:53
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J5 to J6
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 20:53
- Category
- Incident
- Live incidentCarriageway closureNational Highways
M5 southbound carriageway closure at J6, live incident, started Tue 6 Oct, 20:53
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J6
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 20:53
- Category
- Incident
- Active roadworksMobile lane closureNational Highways
M5 mobile lane closure in both directions between J9 and J20, active roadworks, started Tue 6 Oct, 21:38
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Both directions
- Junctions
- J9 to J20
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:38
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksLane closureNational Highways
M5 northbound lane closure at J26, active roadworks, started Tue 6 Oct, 21:05
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J26
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:05
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksCarriageway closureNational Highways
M5 northbound carriageway closure at J24, active roadworks, started Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M5 and A38
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J24
- Started
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Construction Work