M40 closed

Road closure on the M40 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 23:46. Cleared at 00:27 after 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 00:27 on 20 Oct 2026, after 41 min

Location

M40

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 23:46 TomTom: road closed
2. 00:27 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 00:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Closed

Other recent incidents on the M40

• M40 stopped traffic J5–J4yesterday 07:25 · cleared after 1 h 33 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southboundSun 15:32 · cleared after 2 h 27 min
• M40 reported crash J3–J4 northboundFri 10:04 · cleared after 47 min
• M40 reported crash J3A northboundFri 08:11 · cleared after 39 min
• M40 crash J16–J15Thu 18:58 · cleared after 18 min
• M40 crash J10–J9 southboundThu 06:03 · cleared after 2 h 47 min
• M40 reported crash J3A northboundWed 07:27 · cleared after 37 min
• M40 crash J2–J1A southbound12 Oct 2026 07:09 · cleared after 1 h 17 min
• M40 crash J9–J10 northbound11 Oct 2026 15:26 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southbound8 Oct 2026 05:49 · cleared after 1 h 35 min

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.