A12 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live closures are reported on the A12 right now.

Live A12 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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A12 closures planned this week

A12 northbound Jct 14 to Jct 15 lane closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Chelmsford A12 · A12 Northbound Between B1002 And A414 Near Chelmsford (West)

Starts in 1 hour 16 minutes

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 04:00

A12 northbound Jct 14 to Jct 15 lane closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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A12 northbound Jct 23 to Jct 29 mobile lane closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Colchester A12 · A12 Northbound Between B1024 Near Kelvedon (North) And A120 Near Colchester (West)

Starts in 1 hour 16 minutes

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 04:00

A12 northbound Jct 23 to Jct 29 mobile lane closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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A12 northbound Jct 17 to Jct 23 mobile lane closures

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Chelmsford A12 · A12 Northbound Between A1114/A130 And A414 Near Chelmsford (East)

Starts in 1 hour 16 minutes

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 04:00

A12 northbound Jct 17 to Jct 23 mobile lane closures

Category: Road Maintenance

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A12 northbound Jct 29 to Jct 33 mobile lane closures

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Ipswich A12 · A12 Northbound Within The B1070 Junction

Starts in 1 hour 16 minutes

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 04:00

A12 northbound Jct 29 to Jct 33 mobile lane closures

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the A12

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