M40 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M40 right now, but 2 roadworks are currently in force.

Live M40 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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M40 roadworks in force now

M40 Southbound Jct 13 to Jct 12 lane 3 and 2 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Royal Leamington Spa M40 · M40 Southbound Between J14 And J13

Expected to clear in 4 hours 2 minutes

Started 1 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 2 Aug 2026, 05:00

M40 Southbound Jct 13 to Jct 12 lane 3 and 2 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Chiltern M40 · M40 Southbound Within J4

Expected to clear in 4 hours 2 minutes

Started 1 Aug 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 2 Aug 2026, 05:00

M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 3 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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M40 closures planned this week

M40 Southbound, Jct 8a exit slip road lane one closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Benson M40 · M40 J8A Southbound Exit

Starts in 5 hours 2 minutes

Starts 2 Aug 2026, 06:00 Expected clear 2 Aug 2026, 18:00

M40 Southbound, Jct 8a exit slip road lane one closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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M40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Benson M40 · M40 Southbound Between J7 And J6

Starts in 17 hours 2 minutes

Starts 2 Aug 2026, 18:00 Expected clear 5 Aug 2026, 22:59

M40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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M40 Southbound, Jct 12 to Jct 11, lane 3 and 2 closure.

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bicester M40 · M40 Southbound Between J12 And J11

Starts in 19 hours 2 minutes

Starts 2 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 3 Aug 2026, 05:00

M40 Southbound, Jct 12 to Jct 11, lane 3 and 2 closure.

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M40

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