A1 road closures today & tonight
Updated . The live feeds are checked every five minutes.
No live closures are reported on the A1 right now.
No overnight closures are scheduled tonight.
Is the A1 closed? Live updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: accidents and emergency closures happening today, overnight closures tonight, roadworks in force and planned closures for the week ahead, filterable by direction.
A1 closures tonight
Closures starting between 18:00 on Saturday 17 October and 06:00 the next morning (UK time), including any already in force.
No overnight closures are currently scheduled on the A1 tonight. Planned works can be added at short notice, so check again before you set off.
Recently cleared on the A1
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A1 northbound Brampton Hut exit slip lane 1 closure
ClearedCleared 17 hours 10 minutes ago
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A1 Stanningtion to Shotton southbound lane 1 closure
ClearedCleared 17 hours 20 minutes ago
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A1 southbound Stibbington to Water Newton 50mph speed restriction (MP 31/9 to 31/1)
ClearedCleared 17 hours 35 minutes ago
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A1 Marshall Meadows to Highfields southbound lane closure with switching and traffic signals (4)
ClearedCleared 17 hours 35 minutes ago
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A1 southbound Stibbington to Wansford lane 2 closure (MP 35/1 to 33/7)
ClearedCleared 18 hours 10 minutes ago
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A1 southbound Water Newton narrow lanes with speed restrictions (MP 31/1 to 29/0)
ClearedCleared 19 hours 50 minutes ago
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A1 northbound Alconbury to Jct 10 mobile lane 1 closure
ClearedCleared 21 hours 10 minutes ago
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A1 Jct 66 southbound exit slip road lane 1 closure with switching (C)
ClearedCleared 21 hours 10 minutes ago
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A1 northbound Brampton Hut exit slip lane 1 closure
ClearedCleared 1 day 17 hours ago
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A1 Marshall Meadows to Highfields southbound lane closure with switching and traffic signals (4)
ClearedCleared 1 day 17 hours ago
A1 closure history: the last 12 months
Since 17 October 2025, 1,782 closures have been recorded on the A1: 1,782 planned roadworks and 0 unplanned incidents. 94% started overnight (18:00 to 06:00), and a typical closure lasted 8 hours. The busiest stretch was A47 to A605 (96 closures), and Tuesday was the busiest day of the week.
- Roadworks & planned closures
- 1,782
- Unplanned incidents
- 0
- Started overnight
- 94%
- Typical duration
- 8 hours
- Average 9 hours 30 minutes
Busiest A1 sections
- A47 to A605 96
- A421 to A603 84
- A1(M)/A507 to A6001 Near Biggleswade (South) 79
- B661 to B1514 64
- A697 to A1068 63
When closures happen
- Busiest day
- Tuesday
- Busiest month
- July 2026 (202)
- Overnight closures
- 1,677
Busiest months: July 2026 (202), March 2026 (185), September 2026 (183).
Closures by direction
- Northbound
- 684
- Southbound
- 1,057
- Clockwise
- 41
A1 crash history
2,443 injury collisions were recorded on the A1 between 2021 and 2025: 46 fatal, 479 serious and 1,918 slight, involving 3,359 casualties. The Department for Transport publishes STATS19 once a year, so 2025 is the latest year available and today's crashes appear above as live incidents instead.
- Collisions
- 2,443
- Fatal
- 46
- Serious
- 479
- Slight
- 1,918
A1 closures: your questions answered
Is the A1 closed today?
No. As of 23:10 UK time there are no live closures or roadworks in force on the A1.
Is the A1 closed tonight?
No overnight closures are currently scheduled on the A1 for the night of Saturday 17 October (18:00 to 06:00). Planned works can be added at short notice, so check again before you travel.
Why is the A1 closed?
There is no closure on the A1 right now. Over the last 12 months, 100% of the 1,782 closures recorded on the A1 were planned roadworks and none were unplanned incidents; 94% started overnight.
Where does this data come from?
Live A1 closures come from the National Highways road closure feed for England's motorways and major A roads and from Traffic Wales, checked every five minutes. Closure history is built from that feed's archive. Collision figures come from the Department for Transport's STATS19 road safety data, which is published once a year, so recent crashes appear here as live incidents long before they reach the official statistics.