Live incidentLane closureNational Highways
M56 westbound lane closure between J7 and J8, live incident, started Sat 10 Oct, 10:54
- Road
- M56
- Direction
- Westbound
- Junctions
- J7 to J8
- Started
- Sat 10 Oct, 10:54
- Category
- Incident
M56 eastbound slip road closure at J6, 4 Sep 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M56 has cleared. It started at 20:55 on Fri 4 Sep and cleared at 21:08 on Fri 4 Sep.
Last updated by National Highways at 21:08 on Friday 4 September 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Slip road closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M56
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Junctions
- J6
- Location
- M56 J6 eastbound exit
- Started
- 20:55 on Friday 4 September 2026
- Cleared
- 21:08 on Friday 4 September 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 21:08 on Friday 4 September 2026
Map of the M56 eastbound slip road closure at J6
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- Cleared
Other M56 closures and crash records
3 other closures are in force on the M56 right now, and 42 more are planned in the next 7 days.
The M56 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 4,646 collisions on the road, 98 of them fatal.
- Active roadworksHard shoulder closureNational Highways
M56 eastbound hard shoulder closure between J5 and J4, active roadworks, started Sun 4 Oct, 09:00
- Road
- M56
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Junctions
- J5 to J4
- Started
- Sun 4 Oct, 09:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 11 Nov, 17:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Active roadworksHard shoulder closureNational Highways
M56 eastbound hard shoulder closure at J11, active roadworks, started Tue 6 Jan 2026, 10:00
- Road
- M56
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Junctions
- J11
- Started
- Tue 6 Jan 2026, 10:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 8 Jan, 16:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
A5103 northbound lane closure at the M60 junction, planned, starts Sat 10 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- A5103 and M56
- Direction
- Northbound
- Starts
- Sat 10 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Sun 11 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
M56 eastbound lane closure between J7 and J6, planned, starts Sat 10 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M56
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Junctions
- J7 to J6
- Starts
- Sat 10 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Sun 11 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Construction Work
- PlannedExit slip road closureNational Highways
M56 eastbound exit slip road closure at J9, planned, starts Sun 11 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- M56
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Junctions
- J9
- Starts
- Sun 11 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 12 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance