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M5 road closures today & tonight

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No live incident closures on the M5 right now, but 5 roadworks are currently in force.

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

Is the M5 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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M5 closures tonight

Closures starting between 18:00 on Thursday 15 October and 06:00 the next morning (UK time), including any already in force.

No closures in this direction tonight.

M5 roadworks in force now

None in this direction right now.

Recently cleared on the M5

M5 closure history: the last 12 months

Since 15 October 2025, 3,323 closures have been recorded on the M5: 3,320 planned roadworks and 3 unplanned incidents. 92% started overnight (18:00 to 06:00), and a typical closure lasted 9 hours. The busiest stretch was J15 (214 closures), and Tuesday was the busiest day of the week.

Roadworks & planned closures
3,320
Unplanned incidents
3
Started overnight
92%
Typical duration
9 hours
Average 9 hours 15 minutes

Busiest M5 sections

  1. J15 214
  2. J14 to J15 205
  3. J18 to J19 167
  4. J30 to J31 143
  5. J11A to J12 141

When closures happen

Busiest day
Tuesday
Busiest month
March 2026 (504)
Overnight closures
3,072

Busiest months: March 2026 (504), July 2026 (384), June 2026 (352).

Closures by direction

Northbound
2,777
Southbound
546

M5 crash history

800 injury collisions were recorded on the M5 between 2021 and 2025: 25 fatal, 163 serious and 612 slight, involving 1,209 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
800
Fatal
25
Serious
163
Slight
612
M5 crash history: map & every recorded collision

M5 closures: your questions answered

Is the M5 closed today?

Yes. As of 23:12 UK time the M5 has 5 roadworks in force, including roadworks (northbound, J27 to J28); roadworks (northbound, J1 to M6). Check the list above for each closure and its expected reopening time.

Is the M5 closed tonight?

Yes, 3 closures on the M5 are scheduled to start between 18:00 on Thursday 15 October and 06:00 the next morning, including roadworks (southbound, J7 to J8) from 20:00; roadworks (northbound, J1 to M6) from 21:00; roadworks (northbound, J27 to J28) from 21:27.

Why is the M5 closed?

Current M5 closures are for tree and vegetation cutting work, roadworks, maintenance work. Over the last 12 months, 100% of the 3,323 closures recorded on the M5 were planned roadworks and 3 were unplanned incidents such as collisions or breakdowns; 92% started overnight.

Where does this data come from?

Live M5 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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