M40 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M40 right now, but 5 roadworks are currently in force.

Live M40 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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M40 roadworks in force now

M40 Southbound, Jct 11 to Jct 10, hard shoulder, lane 1 and 2 closure.

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bicester M40 · M40 Southbound Between J11 And J10

Expected to clear in 6 hours 38 minutes

Started 5 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00

M40 Southbound, Jct 11 to Jct 10, hard shoulder, lane 1 and 2 closure.

Category: Road Maintenance

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M40 southbound, Jct 12 to Jct 11, lane 1 and 2 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bicester M40 · M40 Southbound Between J12 And J11

Expected to clear in 6 hours 38 minutes

Started 5 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00

M40 southbound, Jct 12 to Jct 11, lane 1 and 2 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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M40 Southbound Jct 11 to Jct 10 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bicester M40 · M40 Southbound Between J11 And J10

Expected to clear in 6 hours 38 minutes

Started 5 Aug 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00

M40 Southbound Jct 11 to Jct 10 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.

Category: Road Maintenance

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M40 southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8, lane 3 and lane 2 closures

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Benson M40 · M40 Southbound Between J9 And J8A

Expected to clear in 6 hours 38 minutes

Started 5 Aug 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 05:00

M40 southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8, lane 3 and lane 2 closures

Category: Road Maintenance

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M40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure

Active Roadworks National Highways

Benson M40 · M40 Southbound Between J8 And J7

Expected to clear in 1 day 37 minutes

Started 2 Aug 2026, 08:55 Expected clear 6 Aug 2026, 22:59

M40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M40

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