M40 Southbound, Jct 5 lane 1 closure on entry slip road

Planned

M40 Southbound, Jct 5 lane 1 closure on entry slip road

Start time
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 8:00 PM
Expected end
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
9 hours
Road
M40 – M40 J5 Southbound Exit
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
Lane 1 closed, 1 of 1 lanes affected, 1 of 2 lanes affected, 1 of 3 lanes affected
Reason
Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Wed, Jul 8, 2026 1:47 PM
Last updated
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 2:15 AM
Cleared
Thu, Aug 13, 2026 5:00 AM
  • Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 5 lane 1 closure on entry slip road
Coordinates
51.659627, -0.908562
Latitude span
51.658078 – 51.660983
Longitude span
-0.912291 – -0.903916
Bounding box centre
51.659531, -0.908104
Location descriptions
  • M40 J5 southbound exit
  • M40 J5 southbound access
  • M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 8:00 PM
Overall feed end
Thu, Aug 13, 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

4 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 J5 southbound exit
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
1 operational lane
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
{8F80F15B-7CA9-439A-9A58-299663D429E7}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Exit Slip
From Distance
20 m
To Distance
46 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.660983 -0.912291
51.660915 -0.912263
51.660852 -0.912222
51.660779 -0.912122

Segment 2

6 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 J5 southbound access
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane 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
{BD5CA716-747C-46D2-B527-F44088858FDD}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway Entry Slip
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
480 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.660779 -0.912122
51.660316 -0.91063
51.660029 -0.909755
51.659788 -0.909057
51.659031 -0.906858
51.658737 -0.906002

Segment 3

5 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J5 and J4
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lane Usage
Cl1
Lane Number
1
Lane Status
Closed
Lane Direction
Aligned
Lanes Restricted
1 lane restricted
Operational Lanes
3 operational lanes
Direction On Section
South Bound
Direction Relative
Aligned
Height Grade
Start1 End2
Linear Element Road
M40
Linear Element Model
The Network Model
Linear Element Id
{78BD5207-76B6-4C51-AE59-D59BA8BA8DFB}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
161 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list
51.658737 -0.906002
51.65866 -0.905725
51.658419 -0.904936
51.658299 -0.904534
51.658078 -0.903916
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
15
First coordinate pair
-0.912291, 51.660983
Road section segments
1
Road section points
15
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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Cause type
Road Maintenance
Detailed cause
Maintenance Work
Compliance
Mandatory
Probability
Probable
Validity status
Planned
Road management
Other
Feed provider
National Highways
Data source
Roadworks
Feed version
1
Record created
Wed, Jul 8, 2026 1:47 PM
Record versioned
Wed, Aug 12, 2026 2:15 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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