A47 road closures today & tonight

Updated 06:04 UK time, Friday 16 October 2026. The live feeds are checked every five minutes.

No live incident closures on the A47 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

2 closures are scheduled tonight (18:00 to 06:00).

Is the A47 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.

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A47 closures tonight

Closures starting between 18:00 on Friday 16 October and 06:00 the next morning (UK time), including any already in force.

No closures in this direction tonight.

A47 roadworks in force now

A47 eastbound B1108 to A140 contraflow

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Norwich A47 · A47 Eastbound Between A11 And A140

Expected to clear in 1 year 1 month

Started 29 Nov 2025, 06:00 Expected clear 30 Nov 2027, 06:00

A47 eastbound B1108 to A140 contraflow

Category: Construction Work

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None in this direction right now.

Recently cleared on the A47

A47 closure history: the last 12 months

Since 16 October 2025, 1,377 closures have been recorded on the A47: 1,375 planned roadworks and 2 unplanned incidents. 97% started overnight (18:00 to 06:00), and a typical closure lasted 10 hours. The busiest stretch was A141 to B198 near Wisbech (West) (97 closures), and Tuesday was the busiest day of the week.

Roadworks & planned closures: 1,375
Unplanned incidents: 2
Started overnight: 97%
Typical duration: 10 hours; Average 10 hours 30 minutes

Busiest A47 sections

A141 to B198 near Wisbech (West) 97
A17 to B198 Near Wisbech (East) 87
A149 to A1064 82
A11 to A140 57
A143 to A1243 55

When closures happen

Busiest day: Tuesday
Busiest month: March 2026 (186)
Overnight closures: 1,341

Busiest months: March 2026 (186), July 2026 (172), September 2026 (128).

Closures by direction

Northbound: 1
Southbound: 1
Eastbound: 1,165
Westbound: 133
Clockwise: 77

A47 crash history

1,247 injury collisions were recorded on the A47 between 2021 and 2025: 49 fatal, 305 serious and 893 slight, involving 1,964 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: 1,247
Fatal: 49
Serious: 305
Slight: 893

A47 crash history: map & every recorded collision

A47 closures: your questions answered

Is the A47 closed today?

Yes. As of 06:04 UK time the A47 has 1 roadwork in force, including roadworks (eastbound, A11 to A140). Check the list above for each closure and its expected reopening time.

Is the A47 closed tonight?

Yes, 2 closures on the A47 are scheduled to start between 18:00 on Friday 16 October and 06:00 the next morning, including roadworks (eastbound, A148 junction) from 20:00; roadworks (eastbound, A17 to B198 Near Wisbech (East)) from 20:00.

Why is the A47 closed?

Current A47 closures are for maintenance work, road improvement or upgrading. Over the last 12 months, 100% of the 1,377 closures recorded on the A47 were planned roadworks and 2 were unplanned incidents such as collisions or breakdowns; 97% started overnight.

Where does this data come from?

Live A47 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.

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