M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 hard shoulder and lane 1 and 2 closure
ClearedM40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 hard shoulder and lane 1 and 2 closure
- Start time
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Within J5
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 8:30 AM
- Last updated
- Tue, Oct 13, 2026 12:32 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 hard shoulder and lane 1 and 2 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.648544, -0.893448
- Latitude span
- 51.633594 – 51.660623
- Longitude span
- -0.912647 – -0.878142
- Bounding box centre
- 51.647109, -0.895395
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound within J5
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- other
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound within J5
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C33B8878-F16C-45F7-8ACE-8AB1225A1E55}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 9 m
- To Distance
- 515 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.660623 -0.912647 51.660492 -0.912187 51.659795 -0.909735 51.659181 -0.907577 51.659005 -0.906946 51.658737 -0.906002
Segment 2
27 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AE5B4FBB-47CA-4893-8984-491ECE9622A2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,543 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {78BD5207-76B6-4C51-AE59-D59BA8BA8DFB}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 202 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.658737 -0.906002 51.65866 -0.905725 51.658419 -0.904936 51.658299 -0.904534 51.658022 -0.90376 51.657891 -0.90342
Segment 4
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {EE050663-D30B-48AE-ADD6-D2A2C032A2F8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 234 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.635152 -0.880427 51.634723 -0.879845 51.634194 -0.879063 51.633693 -0.878296 51.633594 -0.878142
Segment 5
26 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E75B78CB-F062-46D2-B271-697BD423A51A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,494 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 70
- First coordinate pair
- -0.912647, 51.660623
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 70
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 5
- Record created
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 8:30 AM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Oct 13, 2026 12:32 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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M40 Southbound, Jct 11 to Jct 10, lane 3 and 2 closure.
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Starts in 12 hours 21 minutes
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M40 Southbound, Jct 11 to Jct 10, lane 3 and 2 closure.
Category: Road Maintenance
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