M5 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M5 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

Live M5 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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M5 roadworks in force now

Lane 3/2 closure

Active Roadworks National Highways

Dursley M5 · M5 Northbound Between J12 And J11A

Expected to clear in 7 hours 32 minutes

Started 3 Aug 2026, 19:46 Expected clear 4 Aug 2026, 05:00

lane 3/2 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M5

M5 Both Directions Jct 9 to Jct 15 mobile lane closures
Cleared

Cleared 2 minutes 30 seconds ago
Lane 1 closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 2 minutes 30 seconds ago
M5 northbound Jct 24 to 23 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 27 minutes 30 seconds ago
M5 northbound Jct 17 slip road closed
Cleared

Cleared 27 minutes 30 seconds ago
Lane 1 closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 32 minutes 30 seconds ago
M5 northbound Jct 12 to Jct 11a hard shoulder closure 91/9-90/8
Cleared

Cleared 32 minutes 30 seconds ago
Lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 32 minutes 30 seconds ago
M5 northbound Jct 18 to 17 - Lane closures (138/3 to 135/6)
Cleared

Cleared 57 minutes 29 seconds ago
M5 northbound Jct 31 to Jct 30 hard shoulder running 259/8-256/7
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 2 minutes ago
Lane 3/2 closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 2 minutes ago

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