M42 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M42 right now, but 2 roadworks are currently in force.

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 roadworks in force now

M6 southbound Jct 4a to M42 Jct 8 northbound link road closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · Link Road From M6 J4A Southbound To M42 J8 Northbound

Expected to clear in 51 minutes 40 seconds

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

M6 southbound Jct 4a to M42 Jct 8 northbound link road closure

Category: Construction Work

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Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)

Active Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · M42 Northbound Between J3A And J4

Expected to clear in 4 months 3 weeks

Started 14 Jul 2026, 01:30 Expected clear 31 Dec 2026, 06:00

Lane 1 closure northbound (closing ERA)

Category: Road Maintenance

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M42 closures planned this week

Hardshoulder, lane 1 and 2 closure northbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · M42 Northbound Within J5

Starts in 15 hours 51 minutes

Starts 5 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00

Hardshoulder, lane 1 and 2 closure northbound

Category: Road Maintenance

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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 51 minutes

Starts 5 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00

M42 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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M42 southbound Jct 9 entry slip road closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Birmingham North East M42 · M42 J9 Southbound Access

Starts in 15 hours 51 minutes

Starts 5 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00

M42 southbound Jct 9 entry slip road closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M42

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