M5 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M5 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

Live M5 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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M5 roadworks in force now

M5 Northbound Jct 19 to Jct 18 lane closure 145/3-141/3

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bristol M5 · M5 Northbound Within J18A After M49 Exit

Expected to clear in 5 hours 4 minutes

Started 20 Jul 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 21 Jul 2026, 05:00

M5 Northbound Jct 19 to Jct 18 lane closure 145/3-141/3

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M5

Hard shoulder, lane 1 and lane 2 closure southbound
Cleared

Cleared 10 minutes 51 seconds ago
M5 northbound Jct 21 to Jct 20 single lane running (167/4 to 161/4)
Cleared

Cleared 10 minutes 51 seconds ago
M5 Northbound Jct 19 to Jct 18 lane closure 145/3-141/3
Cleared

Cleared 40 minutes 51 seconds ago
Lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 15 minutes ago
M5 Northbound Jct 12 to 11a lane 1 closure 94/7b - 93/9b
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 15 minutes ago
M5 northbound Jct 23 - mobile lane closure (186/8 186/6 185/6)
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 15 minutes ago
M5 Southbound Jct 11a to 12 - hard shoulder closure on the entry slip from Gloucester services onto the M5
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 15 minutes ago
M5 northbound Jct 27 to 25 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 2 hours 5 minutes ago
M5 northbound Jct 21 to Jct 20 single lane running (167/4 to 161/4)
Cleared

Cleared 2 hours 5 minutes ago
M5 Both Directions Jct 9 to Jct 15 mobile lane closures
Cleared

Cleared 2 hours 5 minutes ago

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