M40 J5 traffic

No incidents reported at M40 J5 right now.

Updated 03:27 UK time · at J5 and the stretches either side

Right now

Nothing reported at M40 J5 at the moment.

Roadworks now

• Southbound J5–J4until 06:002 of 4 lanes closedM40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane 2 and 3 closure
• Southbound J5until 06:001 of 2 lanes closedM40 Southbound, Jct 5 lane 1 closure on entry slip road
• Southbound J5–J4until 06:002 of 4 lanes closedM40 Southbound Jct 5 to Jct 4 lane closure

Closures tonight

No closures planned at J5 tonight.

Planned closures: next 7 days

Monday 9 November

• Northbound J4–J522:15–06:00Link road closedA404 to M40 Northbound Jct 4 link road closure.

The last 90 days

Recent incidents

• M40 crash J5–J4 southboundSun 16:07 · cleared after 3 h 9 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southboundFri 15:40 · cleared after 3 h 6 min
• M40 stopped traffic J3–J4 northbound26 Oct 2026 17:20 · cleared after 2 h 3 min
• M40 reported crash J5–J4 southbound25 Oct 2026 19:47 · cleared after 48 min
• M40 reported crash J5–J4 southbound24 Oct 2026 20:16 · cleared after 44 min
• M40 crash J3–J4 southbound24 Oct 2026 16:00 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M40 crash J2–J3 northbound23 Oct 2026 12:07 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southbound23 Oct 2026 07:03 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southbound18 Oct 2026 15:32 · cleared after 2 h 27 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southbound8 Oct 2026 05:49 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M40 crash J5–J4 southbound5 Oct 2026 15:44 · cleared after 40 min
• M40 stopped traffic J5–J4 southbound4 Oct 2026 14:48 · cleared after 4 h 22 min
• M40 crash J5–J624 Sept 2026 16:43 · cleared after 1 h 6 min

Junctions either side

• M40 J3A
• M40 J4
• M40 J6
• M40 J7

Every M40 junction

Common questions

Includes incidents at J5 and on the stretches either side of it. Sources: National Highways, TomTom, TfL and Traffic Wales. Times are UK time.