M18 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M18 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

Live M18 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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M18 roadworks in force now

M18 northbound Jct 4 to Jct 5 lane 1 closure (278/7 279/6)

Active Roadworks National Highways

Doncaster M18 · M18 Northbound Between J4 And J5

Expected to clear in 8 hours 51 minutes

Started 12 Oct 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00

M18 northbound Jct 4 to Jct 5 lane 1 closure (278/7 279/6)

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M18

M18 northbound Jct 5 entry slip road lane 1 closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 8 minutes ago
M18 northbound Jct 5 to Jct 6 lane 1,2 closure(283/6-285/6)
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 8 minutes ago
M18 northbound Jct 3 exit slip lane 1 closure
Cleared

Cleared 19 hours 38 minutes ago
M18 northbound Jct 3 exit slip lane 1 closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 20 hours ago
M18 northbound Jct 4 to Jct 5 lane 1 closure (275/4 to 281/4)
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 1 hour ago
M18 southbound Jct 5 exit slip Lane 1 closure
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 15 hours ago
M18 southbound Jct 6 to Jct 5 Lane 1 closure (284/0 283/2)
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 16 hours ago
M18 southbound Jct 5 exit slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 23 hours ago
M18 southbound Jct 6 to Jct 5 Lane 1 closure (284/0 283/2)
Cleared

Cleared 3 days 20 hours ago
M18 southbound Jct 5 exit slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 3 days 20 hours ago

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