A1 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the A1 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

Live A1 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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A1 roadworks in force now

A1 Jct 67 to Jct 66 southbound lane 2 and 3 closure

Active Roadworks National Highways

Gateshead A1 · A1 Southbound Within The A167 Near Washington Birtley Junction

Expected to clear in 7 hours 21 minutes

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

A1 Jct 67 to Jct 66 southbound lane 2 and 3 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the A1

A1 southbound Stibbington to Water Newton 50mph speed restriction (MP 31/9 to 31/1)
Cleared

Cleared 23 minutes 39 seconds ago
A1 southbound Jct 22 to Jct 23 lane 1 closure (MP 2/6 to 72/5)
Cleared

Cleared 53 minutes 39 seconds ago
A1 Jct 66 southbound entry slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 23 minutes ago
A1 southbound Jct 22 to Jct 23 lane 1 closure (MP 2/6 to 72/5)
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 23 minutes ago
A1 southbound Jct 22 to Jct 23 lane 1 closure (MP 01/2 to 72/5)
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 38 minutes ago
A1 southbound Water Newton narrow lanes with speed restrictions (MP 31/1 to 29/0)
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 43 minutes ago
A1 Jct 73 to Jct 72 southbound lane 2 closure
Cleared

Cleared 16 hours 38 minutes ago
A1 northbound Little Paxton to Buckden lane 1 closure
Cleared

Cleared 21 hours 53 minutes ago
A1 northbound Black cat fast link to Wyboston lane 2 closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 17 hours ago
A1 northbound Black cat fast link to Wyboston lane 2 closure
Cleared

Cleared 2 days 1 hour ago

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