M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, lane 1 and 2 closure.
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, lane 1 and 2 closure.
- Start time
- Wed, Dec 3, 2025 10:15 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Dec 4, 2025 6:00 AM
- Duration
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Roadworks
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Thu, Nov 6, 2025 10:36 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Dec 4, 2025 3:03 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Dec 4, 2025 6:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, lane 1 and 2 closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.630414, -0.857978
- Latitude span
- 51.623145 – 51.648023
- Longitude span
- -0.891487 – -0.821662
- Bounding box centre
- 51.635584, -0.856575
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Dec 3, 2025 10:15 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Dec 4, 2025 6:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- 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
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {7624A3E8-B2EE-45F0-B73E-A45247075BBC}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 551 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 2
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {EFE4E324-A782-4BD5-86BC-63C84A6E324B}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 752 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 3
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AE5B4FBB-47CA-4893-8984-491ECE9622A2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,407 m
- To Distance
- 1,543 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.648023 -0.891487 51.646876 -0.89079
Segment 4
26 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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
- {E75B78CB-F062-46D2-B271-697BD423A51A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,494 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 5
19 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {DF4BBAA7-7456-41C2-8AEF-22C4AA2F3A52}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 884 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 6
24 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {EE050663-D30B-48AE-ADD6-D2A2C032A2F8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,219 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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Segment 7
26 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- 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
- {0E1769D1-FF55-4CEA-A137-797BD6805780}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,053 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
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- Geometry points
- 126
- First coordinate pair
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- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 126
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Roadworks
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Nov 6, 2025 10:36 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Dec 4, 2025 3:03 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
Driving on the M40? See every live closure, roadwork and planned restriction on this road.
M40 live closuresRelated incidents
M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 2 lane 3 closure
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Chiltern
M40 · M40 Southbound Between J4 And J3
Starts in 19 hours 26 minutes
Starts 15 Jun 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 16 Jun 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound Jct 4 to Jct 2 lane 3 closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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A404 to M40 northbound entry slip road closure
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Wycombe
M40 · M40 J4 Northbound Access
Starts in 19 hours 26 minutes
Starts 15 Jun 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 16 Jun 2026, 05:00
A404 to M40 northbound entry slip road closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound Jct 5, carriageway closure between exit and entry slip roads.
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Wycombe
M40 · M40 Southbound Within J5
Starts in 19 hours 26 minutes
Starts 15 Jun 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 16 Jun 2026, 04:00
M40 Southbound Jct 5, carriageway closure between exit and entry slip roads.
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound, Jct 3 to Jct 4 lane 3 closure
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Chiltern
M40 · M40 Southbound Between J4 And J3
Starts in 19 hours 26 minutes
Starts 15 Jun 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 16 Jun 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound, Jct 3 to Jct 4 lane 3 closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 northbound Jct 11 exit slip road closure
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Bicester
M40 · M40 Northbound Between J10 And J11
Starts in 19 hours 26 minutes
Starts 15 Jun 2026, 21:15
Expected clear 16 Jun 2026, 05:00
M40 northbound Jct 11 exit slip road closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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M40 Southbound Jct 12 to Jct 10 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.
Planned Roadworks National Highways
Bicester
M40 · M40 Southbound Within J11
Starts in 18 hours 11 minutes
Starts 15 Jun 2026, 20:00
Expected clear 16 Jun 2026, 05:00
M40 Southbound Jct 12 to Jct 10 lane 1 and lane 2 closures.
Category: Road Maintenance
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