M40 lane closures southbound (up to 3.99k)
ClearedM40 lane closures southbound (up to 3.99k)
- Start time
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 1 hour 40 minutes 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between M42 And J16
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Repair Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 7:38 AM
- Last updated
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 9:05 PM
- Cleared
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 9:40 PM
- Latest update: M40 lane closures southbound (up to 3.99k)
- Coordinates
- 52.337233, -1.776296
- Latitude span
- 52.330586 – 52.345596
- Longitude span
- -1.796614 – -1.750594
- Bounding box centre
- 52.338091, -1.773604
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Jul 8, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- other
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {9EC85EA8-765F-4FDC-9F8E-D63248D2B01A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 488 m
- To Distance
- 666 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {909902E3-351B-4BE8-B9BB-04CE1D50D0F4}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 3 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.334697 -1.772118 52.334688 -1.772065
Segment 3
16 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {1ECEA356-A435-45EC-B6C0-AF6697DAF966}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 935 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 4
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {14CEBDFC-D4E5-4BA9-A5A9-442E93EF3603}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 128 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.334688 -1.772065 52.334416 -1.770226
Segment 5
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {9272BDF9-2B65-42EE-B918-D56D1E7E5B0A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 346 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.331869 -1.755222 52.331801 -1.754965 52.331357 -1.753367 52.331068 -1.752342 52.330959 -1.751946 52.330587 -1.750598 52.330586 -1.750594
Segment 6
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between M42 and J16
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {3EFB4153-4AF2-4A12-8BAE-8ACB7C6565A7}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 424 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 7
15 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {EAE18DBD-4446-441C-8A33-274747F64045}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,062 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 8
12 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J16 and J15
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {E52AF5B4-6CD3-4D5E-B917-CF8625D3AE98}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 558 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry type
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- Geometry points
- 72
- First coordinate pair
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- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 72
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Repair Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 3
- Record created
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 7:38 AM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Jul 7, 2026 9:05 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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M40 live closuresRelated incidents
M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, lane 3 and 2 closure.
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Wycombe
M40 · M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
Expected to clear in 7 hours 9 seconds
Started 7 Jul 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 8 Jul 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, lane 3 and 2 closure.
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 northbound, Jct 5 exit slip road closure
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Wycombe
M40 · M40 J5 Northbound Exit
Expected to clear in 7 hours 9 seconds
Started 7 Jul 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 8 Jul 2026, 05:00
M40 northbound, Jct 5 exit slip road closure
Category: Construction Work
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M40 southbound to A46 northbound link road closure
Active Roadworks National Highways
Royal Leamington Spa
M40 · M40 J15 Southbound Exit (After Fast Slip)
Expected to clear in 7 hours 9 seconds
Started 7 Jul 2026, 20:40
Expected clear 8 Jul 2026, 05:00
M40 southbound to A46 northbound link road closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound Jct 11 to Jct 10 lane 3 and lane 2 closures.
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Bicester
M40 · M40 Southbound Between J11 And J10
Expected to clear in 7 hours 9 seconds
Started 7 Jul 2026, 20:00
Expected clear 8 Jul 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound Jct 11 to Jct 10 lane 3 and lane 2 closures.
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound, Jct 12 to Jct 10, lane 3 and 2 closure.
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Bicester
M40 · M40 Southbound Between J12 And J11
Expected to clear in 7 hours 9 seconds
Started 7 Jul 2026, 19:00
Expected clear 8 Jul 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound, Jct 12 to Jct 10, lane 3 and 2 closure.
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 southbound, Jct 5 entry slip road closure
Cleared Roadworks National Highways
Wycombe
M40 · M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
Cleared 44 minutes 48 seconds ago
Started 7 Jul 2026, 21:15
Ended 7 Jul 2026, 21:15
M40 southbound, Jct 5 entry slip road closure
Category: Construction Work
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