M42 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M42 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

Live M42 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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M42 roadworks in force now

M42 southbound Jct 9 entry slip road closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Birmingham North East M42 · M42 J9 Southbound Access

Expected to clear in 3 hours 38 minutes

Started 31 Jul 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 1 Aug 2026, 05:00

M42 southbound Jct 9 entry slip road closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M42

Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)
Cleared

Cleared 1 minute 56 seconds ago
M6 - M42 link road hardshoulder closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 46 minutes 56 seconds ago
M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 3 hours 36 minutes ago
M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 5 hours 21 minutes ago
Lane closures northbound
Cleared

Cleared 5 hours 21 minutes ago
Hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2 closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 21 hours 16 minutes ago
M6 - M42 link road lane closure southbound
Cleared

Cleared 21 hours 16 minutes ago
M42 northbound Jct 9 to Jct 10 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 22 hours 26 minutes ago
M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 1 hour ago
M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 4 hours ago

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