M42 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live closures are reported on the M42 right now.

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 closures planned this week

M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

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

Starts in 15 hours 3 minutes

Starts 4 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 5 Aug 2026, 05:00

M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M42

Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)
Cleared

Cleared 6 minutes 20 seconds ago
M6 - M42 link road hardshoulder closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 26 minutes 20 seconds ago
M6 - M42 link road lane closure southbound
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 16 minutes ago
M6 southbound Jct 4a to M42 Jct 7a southbound link road closure
Cleared

Cleared 2 hours 56 minutes ago
M42 southbound Jct 9 entry slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 4 hours 56 minutes ago
M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 6 hours 1 minute ago
M42 southbound Jct 9 entry slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 8 hours 31 minutes ago
M6 southbound Jct 4a to M42 Jct 8 northbound link road closure
Cleared

Cleared 8 hours 56 minutes ago
M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 8 hours 56 minutes ago
M42 southbound Jct 6 between the exit and entry slip roads carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 4 hours ago

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