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M1 road closures today & tonight

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No live incident closures on the M1 right now, but 2 roadworks are currently in force.

1 closure is 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 Thursday 15 October and 06:00 the next morning (UK time), including any already in force.

No closures in this direction tonight.

M1 roadworks in force now

None in this direction right now.

M1 closures planned this week

None in this direction right now.

Recently cleared on the M1

M1 closure history: the last 12 months

Since 16 October 2025, 4,092 closures have been recorded on the M1: 4,090 planned roadworks and 2 unplanned incidents. 93% started overnight (18:00 to 06:00), and a typical closure lasted 8 hours. The busiest stretch was J14 to J15 (136 closures), and Tuesday was the busiest day of the week.

Roadworks & planned closures
4,090
Unplanned incidents
2
Started overnight
93%
Typical duration
8 hours
Average 7 hours 45 minutes

Busiest M1 sections

  1. J14 to J15 136
  2. J26 to J27 127
  3. J20 to J21 116
  4. J28 to J29 109
  5. J8 to J9 91

When closures happen

Busiest day
Tuesday
Busiest month
March 2026 (496)
Overnight closures
3,826

Busiest months: March 2026 (496), July 2026 (400), June 2026 (394).

Closures by direction

Northbound
1,584
Southbound
2,508

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 crash history: map & every recorded collision

M1 closures: your questions answered

Is the M1 closed today?

Yes. As of 01:04 UK time the M1 has 2 roadworks in force, including roadworks (northbound, J30 to J31); roadworks (northbound, J10). Check the list above for each closure and its expected reopening time.

Is the M1 closed tonight?

Yes, 1 closure on the M1 is scheduled to start between 18:00 on Thursday 15 October and 06:00 the next morning, including roadworks (northbound, J30 to J31) from 21:00.

Why is the M1 closed?

Current M1 closures are for other, construction work. Over the last 12 months, 100% of the 4,092 closures recorded on the M1 were planned roadworks and 2 were unplanned incidents such as collisions or breakdowns; 93% 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.

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