M5 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live closures are reported on the M5 right now.

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 closures planned this week

M5 northbound Jct 31 to Jct 30 hard shoulder running 258/2-256/3

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Exeter M5 · M5 Northbound Between J31 And J30

Starts in 18 hours 19 minutes

Starts 6 Aug 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 7 Aug 2026, 05:00

M5 northbound Jct 31 to Jct 30 hard shoulder running 258/2-256/3

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M5

Lane 1 closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 40 minutes 1 second ago
M5 northbound Jct 31 to Jct 30 hard shoulder running 259/8-256/7
Cleared

Cleared 40 minutes 1 second ago
M5 Lane Closure southbound Entry Jct 2
Cleared

Cleared 40 minutes 1 second ago
M5 Both Directions Jct 9 to Jct 15 mobile lane closures
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 10 minutes ago
M5 northbound Jct 16 to 14 - carriageway closed
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 35 minutes ago
M5 Northbound Jct 13 to 12 lane 1 closure 99/8b - 99/3b
Cleared

Cleared 2 hours 10 minutes ago
Lanes 2 and 3 closure northbound
Cleared

Cleared 2 hours 10 minutes ago
Lane closures 197/9B to 196/4B
Cleared

Cleared 2 hours 55 minutes ago
M5 northbound Jct 24 to 23 carriageway closure
Cleared

Cleared 3 hours 40 minutes ago
M5 northbound Jct 16 to 14 - carriageway closed
Cleared

Cleared 3 hours 40 minutes ago

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