M42 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M42 right now, but 4 roadworks are 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 northbound Jct 9 to Jct 10 carriageway closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Birmingham North East M42 · M42 Northbound Within J9

Expected to clear in 4 hours 38 minutes

Started 30 Jul 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 31 Jul 2026, 04:00

M42 northbound Jct 9 to Jct 10 carriageway closure

Category: Construction Work

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M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure

Active Roadworks National Highways

Birmingham North East M42 · Link Road From M42 J8 Southbound To M6 J4A Northbound

Expected to clear in 5 hours 38 minutes

Started 30 Jul 2026, 19:56 Expected clear 31 Jul 2026, 05:00

M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2 closure northbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bromsgrove M42 · M42 Northbound Between J1 And J2

Expected to clear in 5 hours 38 minutes

Started 30 Jul 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 31 Jul 2026, 05:00

Hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2 closure northbound

Category: Road Maintenance

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Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)

Active Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · M42 Northbound Between J3A And J4

Expected to clear in 5 months 6 hours

Started 14 Jul 2026, 01:30 Expected clear 31 Dec 2026, 06:00

Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M42

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