M18 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live closures are reported on the M18 right now.

Live M18 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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M18 closures planned this week

M18 westbound Jct 3 exit slip road lane 1 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Doncaster M18 · M18 J3 Southbound Exit

Starts in 1 hour 39 minutes

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

M18 westbound Jct 3 exit slip road lane 1 closure

Category: Authority Operation

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M18 northbound Jct 1 to Jct 2 Lane 1 closure (253/5 260/6)

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Rotherham M18 · M18 Northbound Between J1 And J2

Starts in 1 hour 39 minutes

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

M18 northbound Jct 1 to Jct 2 Lane 1 closure (253/5 260/6)

Category: Road Maintenance

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M18 southbound Jct 5 exit slip Lane 1 closure switching to Lane 1 and 2 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Doncaster M18 · M18 Southbound Between J6 And J5

Starts in 1 hour 39 minutes

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

M18 southbound Jct 5 exit slip Lane 1 closure switching to Lane 1 and 2 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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M18 northbound Jct 5 entry slip Lane 1 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Doncaster M18 · M18 Northbound Between J5 And J6

Starts in 1 hour 39 minutes

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

M18 northbound Jct 5 entry slip Lane 1 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M18

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