M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, lane 3 and 2 closure.
ClearedM40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, lane 3 and 2 closure.
- Start time
- Sun, May 10, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Mon, May 11, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J5 And J4
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Sat, Apr 4, 2026 8:51 AM
- Last updated
- Sun, May 10, 2026 11:50 PM
- Cleared
- Mon, May 11, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 5 to Jct 4, lane 3 and 2 closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.635867, -0.877616
- Latitude span
- 51.626959 – 51.651874
- Longitude span
- -0.894068 – -0.856011
- Bounding box centre
- 51.639417, -0.875040
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J5 and J4
- Feed validity status
- Suspended
- Overall feed start
- Sun, May 10, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, May 11, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- 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
51.628437 -0.866658 51.628252 -0.866034 51.628122 -0.865575 51.627991 -0.865116 51.627729 -0.864039 51.62735 -0.862055 51.627244 -0.861306 51.627146 -0.860456 51.627028 -0.859065
Segment 2
5 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
- 211 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.627028 -0.859065 51.626978 -0.858137 51.626959 -0.856994 51.626959 -0.856055 51.62696 -0.856011
Segment 3
7 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
- 942 m
- To Distance
- 1,543 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.651874 -0.894068 51.651517 -0.893755 51.650837 -0.893223 51.650114 -0.892734 51.648989 -0.892068 51.648567 -0.891818 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
51.646876 -0.89079 51.646795 -0.890734 51.646668 -0.89065 51.646062 -0.890261 51.645057 -0.889577 51.645037 -0.889563 51.644614 -0.88927 51.643654 -0.888585 51.643419 -0.888403 51.642794 -0.887927 51.642042 -0.887353 51.641181 -0.886666 51.640411 -0.886034 51.640139 -0.88581 51.639514 -0.885262 51.638833 -0.884643 51.638216 -0.884036 51.63788 -0.883698 51.637344 -0.883118 51.636835 -0.882553 51.636344 -0.881973 51.635944 -0.881477 51.635662 -0.881122 51.635206 -0.880512 51.635155 -0.880432 51.635152 -0.880427
Segment 5
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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- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 71
- First coordinate pair
- -0.866658, 51.628437
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 71
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Suspended
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Sat, Apr 4, 2026 8:51 AM
- Record versioned
- Sun, May 10, 2026 11:50 PM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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M40 northbound Jct 11 exit slip road closure
Category: Road Maintenance
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