Live incidentCarriageway closureNational Highways
M5 southbound carriageway closure between J26 and J27, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 19:22
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J26 to J27
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 19:22
- Category
- Incident
M5 southbound lane closure at J8, 2 Oct 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M5 has cleared. It started at 14:06 on Fri 2 Oct and cleared at 14:32 on Fri 2 Oct.
Last updated by National Highways at 14:32 on Friday 2 October 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J8
- Location
- link road from M6 J8 southbound to M5 southbound
- Started
- 14:06 on Friday 2 October 2026
- Cleared
- 14:32 on Friday 2 October 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 14:32 on Friday 2 October 2026
Map of the M5 southbound lane closure at J8
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- Cleared
Other M5 closures and crash records
8 other closures are in force on the M5 right now, and 86 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 J24 and J25, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 19:22
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J24 to J25
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 19:22
- Category
- Incident
- Live incidentCarriageway closureNational Highways
M5 southbound carriageway closure between J30 and J31, live incident, started Wed 7 Oct, 19:22
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J30 to J31
- Started
- Wed 7 Oct, 19:22
- Category
- Incident
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M5 northbound hard shoulder closure between J10 and J9, active roadworks, started Mon 5 Oct, 07:52
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J10 to J9
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 07:52
- Expected to clear
- Sat 19 Dec, 06:00
- Category
- Authority Operation
- Active roadworksHard shoulder closureNational Highways
M5 northbound hard shoulder closure between J10 and J9, active roadworks, started Mon 5 Oct, 06:00
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J10 to J9
- Started
- Mon 5 Oct, 06:00
- Expected to clear
- Sat 19 Dec, 06:00
- Category
- Authority Operation
- Active roadworksNarrow lanesNational Highways
M5 northbound narrow lanes between J22 and J21, active roadworks, started Tue 22 Sep, 06:00
- Road
- M5
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J22 to J21
- Started
- Tue 22 Sep, 06:00
- Expected to clear
- Sat 3 Nov 2029, 06:00
- Category
- Construction Work