M1 road closures today & tonight
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No live closures are reported on the M1 right now.
10 closures are scheduled tonight (18:00 to 06:00).
Is the M1 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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M1 closures tonight
Closures starting between 18:00 on Friday 16 October and 06:00 the next morning (UK time), including any already in force.
- – 06:00 Lane 1 closure southbound Southbound · J21A to J22 · Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected Planned
- – 06:00 Lane 1 closure northbound Northbound · J23 · Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected Planned
- – 06:00 Lane 1 closuure northbound Northbound · J22 Northbound Access · Lane 1 closed, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected Planned
- – 06:00 M1 northbound Jct 29 to Jct 30 carriageway closure Northbound · J30 Planned
- – 06:00 M1 northbound Jct 41 to Jct 42 lane 1, 2 and 3 closure (298/3 - 299/1) Northbound · J41 · 3 of 1 lanes affected, 3 of 2 lanes affected Planned
- – 05:00 M1 southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway closure Southbound · J9 Planned
- – 06:00 M1 southbound Jct 37 entry slip road closure Southbound · J36 to J37 Planned
- – 05:00 M1 southbound Jct 15 to Jct 14 lane closure (MP 83/6 to 80/6) Southbound · J14 to J15 · Lane 4 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected Planned
- – 06:00 M1 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 Lane 4,3 Closure Southbound · J4 to J5 · 2 of 3 lanes affected, 2 of 2 lanes affected Planned
- – 06:00 M1 Northbound Jct 4 to Jct 5 Lane 3,2 Closure Northbound · J4 to J5 · 2 of 2 lanes affected Planned
No closures in this direction tonight.
Recently cleared on the M1
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Lane 1 closure northbound
ClearedCleared 14 minutes 44 seconds ago
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M1 northbound Jct 10 to Jct 11 hard shoulder closure (MP 49/4 to 49/6)
ClearedCleared 29 minutes 44 seconds ago
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M1 northbound Jct 44 hardshoulder closure (305/2 - 306/1)
ClearedCleared 39 minutes 43 seconds ago
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M1 southbound Jct 15 to Jct 14 lane 4 closure
ClearedCleared 1 hour 4 minutes ago
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M1 northbound Jct 30 to Jct 31 lane 1 closure (245/0 246/0)
ClearedCleared 1 hour 4 minutes ago
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Lane 1 closure southbound
ClearedCleared 4 hours 24 minutes ago
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Lane 1,2,3 closure northbound
ClearedCleared 5 hours 9 minutes ago
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Lane 1,2 closure southbound
ClearedCleared 7 hours 9 minutes ago
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M1 southbound Jct 12 Toddington entry slip road closure
ClearedCleared 7 hours 34 minutes ago
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M1 southbound Jct 15 to Jct 14 lane 4 closure
ClearedCleared 8 hours 4 minutes ago
M1 closure history: the last 12 months
Since 16 October 2025, 4,093 closures have been recorded on the M1: 4,091 planned roadworks and 2 unplanned incidents. 94% started overnight (18:00 to 06:00), and a typical closure lasted 8 hours. The busiest stretch was J14 to J15 (137 closures), and Tuesday was the busiest day of the week.
- Roadworks & planned closures
- 4,091
- Unplanned incidents
- 2
- Started overnight
- 94%
- Typical duration
- 8 hours
- Average 7 hours 45 minutes
Busiest M1 sections
- J14 to J15 137
- J26 to J27 127
- J20 to J21 116
- J28 to J29 109
- J8 to J9 91
When closures happen
- Busiest day
- Tuesday
- Busiest month
- March 2026 (496)
- Overnight closures
- 3,827
Busiest months: March 2026 (496), July 2026 (400), June 2026 (394).
Closures by direction
- Northbound
- 1,584
- Southbound
- 2,509
M1 crash history
1,929 injury collisions were recorded on the M1 between 2021 and 2025: 49 fatal, 306 serious and 1,574 slight, involving 3,053 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
- 1,929
- Fatal
- 49
- Serious
- 306
- Slight
- 1,574
M1 closures: your questions answered
Is the M1 closed today?
No. As of 06:04 UK time there are no live closures or roadworks in force on the M1. The next planned closure is roadworks (southbound, J21A to J22), starting Fri 16 Oct, 20:00.
Is the M1 closed tonight?
Yes, 10 closures on the M1 are scheduled to start between 18:00 on Friday 16 October and 06:00 the next morning, including roadworks (southbound, J21A to J22) from 20:00; roadworks (northbound, J23) from 20:00; roadworks (northbound, J22 Northbound Access) from 20:00.
Why is the M1 closed?
Current M1 closures are for maintenance work, roadworks, construction work. Over the last 12 months, 100% of the 4,093 closures recorded on the M1 were planned roadworks and 2 were unplanned incidents such as collisions or breakdowns; 94% started overnight.
Where does this data come from?
Live M1 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.