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
M5 southbound lane closure between J4A and J5, 8 Oct 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M5 has cleared. It started at 23:27 on Thu 8 Oct and cleared at 00:00 on Fri 9 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 23:38 on Thursday 8 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J4A to J5
- Location
- M5 southbound between J4A and J5
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Started
- 23:27 on Thursday 8 October 2026
- Cleared
- 00:00 on Friday 9 October 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 23:38 on Thursday 8 October 2026
Map of the M5 southbound lane closure between J4A and J5
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- Cleared
Other M5 closures and crash records
24 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.
- 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
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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
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- 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
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- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J7
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 21:03
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Construction Work
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- Road
- M5 and A38
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J24
- Started
- Thu 8 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 9 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Construction Work