M42 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M42 right now, but 2 roadworks are currently in force.

Live M42 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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M42 roadworks in force now

M6 southbound Jct 4a to M42 Jct 7a southbound link road closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · M42 Southbound Between J7A And J7

Expected to clear in 4 hours 18 minutes

Started 3 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 4 Aug 2026, 05:00

M6 southbound Jct 4a to M42 Jct 7a southbound link road closure

Category: Construction Work

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M6 - M42 link road hardshoulder closure northbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · Link Road From M6 J4A Southbound To M42 J8

Expected to clear in 1 month 3 days

Started 3 Aug 2026, 04:00 Expected clear 7 Sep 2026, 04:00

M6 - M42 link road hardshoulder closure northbound

Category: Construction Work

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Recently cleared on the M42

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