M5 closed J13 southbound (obstruction)

Road closure on the M5 southbound at J13 on Tuesday 22 September 2026, from 19:58. Cleared at 21:56 after 25 h 58 min. Timeline of reports from National Highways and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 21:56 on 23 Sept 2026, after 25 h 58 min

Location

M5 southbound · J13

Reported as

Obstruction or hazard

Lanes

Road closed

Sources

National Highways ×2 · TomTom ×5

Timeline

1. Tue 19:58 National Highways: road closed
2. Tue 20:00 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Police activity ongoing”
3. Tue 20:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
4. Tue 21:36 TomTom: road closed
5. Tue 22:04 TomTom: road closed
6. Tue 22:14 National Highways: road reopened
7. Tue 22:36 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Police activity ongoing” (reported again)
8. Wed 01:22 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Police activity ongoing” (reported again)
9. Wed 02:59 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Police activity ongoing” (reported again)
10. Wed 03:54 TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Police activity ongoing” (reported again)
11. Wed 05:59 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Wed 05:59 All clear: no source reports it any more
13. Wed 21:13 TomTom: road closed (reported again)
14. Wed 21:56 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Wed 21:56 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• M5 southbound between J13 and J14
• M5 southbound within J13
• Police activity ongoing
• Closed
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J24–J25 southbound03:50 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M5 crash J19–J20Mon 17:20 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M5 reported crash J25 southboundSun 19:51 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M5 crash J26–J27 southboundSun 18:37 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M5 crash J19–J20 southboundSat 15:29 · cleared after 52 min
• M5 closed J30–J31 southboundSat 08:13 · cleared after 1 h 53 min
• M5 crash J8 northboundFri 18:57 · cleared after 48 min
• M5 reported crash J25 southboundFri 13:30 · cleared after 44 min
• M5 reported crash J3–J4 southboundThu 08:23 · cleared after 44 min
• M5 stopped traffic J1 northbound4 Nov 2026 18:21 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J13.

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