M42 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live closures are reported on the M42 right now.

Live M42 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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M42 closures planned this week

M42 southbound Jct 6 between the exit and entry slip roads carriageway closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · M42 Southbound Within J6

Starts in 4 hours 15 minutes

Starts 13 Jun 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 14 Jun 2026, 03:00

M42 southbound Jct 6 between the exit and entry slip roads carriageway closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Lanes closures southbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Solihull M42 · M42 Southbound Between J7 And J6

Starts in 4 hours 15 minutes

Starts 13 Jun 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 14 Jun 2026, 03:00

Lanes closures southbound

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M42

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