M5 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the M5 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

Live M5 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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M5 roadworks in force now

M5 northbound Jct 10 to 9 - hardshoulder closure (78/2 to 77/3)

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Cotswolds M5 · M5 Northbound Between J10 And J9

Expected to clear in 2 months 4 days

Started 5 Oct 2026, 05:00 Expected clear 19 Dec 2026, 06:00

M5 northbound Jct 10 to 9 - hardshoulder closure (78/2 to 77/3)

Category: Authority Operation

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M5 closures planned this week

Hard shoulder closure southbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Cotswolds M5 · M5 Southbound Between J7 And J8

Starts in 18 hours 35 minutes

Starts 15 Oct 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 16 Oct 2026, 05:00

Hard shoulder closure southbound

Category: Road Maintenance

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M5 Both Directions Jct 9 to Jct 15 mobile lane closures

Planned Roadworks National Highways

South Gloucestershire M5 · M5 Northbound Within J15

Starts in 18 hours 35 minutes

Starts 15 Oct 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 16 Oct 2026, 05:00

M5 Both Directions Jct 9 to Jct 15 mobile lane closures

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M5

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