PlannedExit slip road closureNational Highways
M18 exit slip road closure at J35, planned, starts Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- M18 and A1(M)
- Junctions
- J35
- Starts
- Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 29 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
M18 closures today: traffic accidents, incidents and roadworks
No accidents or other live incidents are reported on the M18 right now, and no roadworks closures are in force.
11 closures are planned in the next 7 days, the first starting at 20:00 on Mon 28 Sep.
Closure data as of 07:05 on Monday 28 September 2026, checked every 5 minutes.
- Roadworks in force
- 0
Map of M18 closures
The map shows 11 closures planned in the next 7 days and 7 cleared most recently.
Map of closures on the M18
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- Planned
- Cleared
Live accidents and incidents on the M18
No accidents or other live incidents are reported on the M18 right now.
M18 closures planned this week
11 closures are planned in the next 7 days, grouped by the day they start. 23 more are booked for the week after.
Monday 28 September 2026
5 closures
- PlannedEntry slip road closureNational Highways
M18 northbound entry slip road closure at J2, planned, starts Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J2
- Starts
- Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 29 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
M18 northbound lane closure at J2, planned, starts Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J2
- Starts
- Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 29 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedExit slip road closureNational Highways
M18 northbound exit slip road closure at J3, planned, starts Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J3
- Starts
- Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 29 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
M18 northbound lane closure between J5 and J6, planned, starts Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J5 to J6
- Starts
- Mon 28 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 29 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Tuesday 29 September 2026
1 closure
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
M18 northbound lane closure between J5 and J6, planned, starts Tue 29 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J5 to J6
- Starts
- Tue 29 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 30 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Wednesday 30 September 2026
2 closures
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
M18 northbound lane closure between J5 and J6, planned, starts Wed 30 Sep, 20:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J5 to J6
- Starts
- Wed 30 Sep, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 1 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
M18 northbound lane closure between J3 and J4, planned, starts Wed 30 Sep, 21:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J3 to J4
- Starts
- Wed 30 Sep, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Thu 1 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Thursday 1 October 2026
1 closure
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
M18 northbound lane closure between J3 and J4, planned, starts Thu 1 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J3 to J4
- Starts
- Thu 1 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Fri 2 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Friday 2 October 2026
1 closure
- PlannedExit slip road closureNational Highways
M18 southbound exit slip road closure at J5, planned, starts Fri 2 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- M18 and M180
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J5
- Starts
- Fri 2 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Sat 3 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Sunday 4 October 2026
1 closure
- PlannedEntry slip road closureNational Highways
M18 northbound entry slip road closure at J5, planned, starts Sun 4 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J5
- Starts
- Sun 4 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Mon 5 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
Recently cleared M18 closures
7 closures on the M18 cleared in the last 3 days.
- ClearedLane closureNational Highways
M18 northbound lane closure between J6 and J7, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 06:00
- Road
- M18 and M62
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J6 to J7
- Started
- Sun 27 Sep, 20:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- ClearedEntry slip road closureNational Highways
M18 northbound entry slip road closure at J4, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 04:20
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4
- Started
- Sun 27 Sep, 21:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 04:20
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- ClearedCarriageway closureNational Highways
M18 northbound carriageway closure between J4 and J5, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 04:20
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4 to J5
- Started
- Sun 27 Sep, 21:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 04:20
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- ClearedEntry slip road closureNational Highways
M18 northbound entry slip road closure at J4, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 04:03
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4
- Started
- Sun 27 Sep, 21:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 04:03
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- ClearedCarriageway closureNational Highways
M18 northbound carriageway closure between J4 and J5, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 04:03
- Road
- M18
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4 to J5
- Started
- Sun 27 Sep, 21:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 04:03
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- ClearedLink road closureNational Highways
M62 eastbound link road closure between J34 and J35, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 00:10
- Road
- M62 and M18
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Junctions
- J34 to J35
- Started
- Sun 27 Sep, 20:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 00:10
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- ClearedLink road closureNational Highways
M62 eastbound link road closure between J34 and J35, cleared Mon 28 Sep, 00:03
- Road
- M62 and M18
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Junctions
- J34 to J35
- Started
- Sun 27 Sep, 20:00
- Cleared
- Mon 28 Sep, 00:03
- Category
- Road Maintenance
M18 closure history and crash statistics
Closures stay on this page for 3 days after they clear, then move to the road closure archive, which lists every cleared closure on motorways and major A roads, newest first.
The M18 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 2,070 collisions on the road, 46 of them fatal.