M5 closed J17–J18

Cleared Cleared at 00:32 on 3 Oct 2026, after 14 min.

Road closure on the M5 at J17–J18 on Saturday 3 October 2026, from 00:18. Cleared at 00:32 after 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J17–J18

   Road closed

   00:18–00:32 (cleared after 14 min)

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Timeline

1. 00:18 TomTom: road closed
2. 00:32 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 00:32 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Closed

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J11A southbound · yesterday 20:25, cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M5 crash J19–J20 southbound · yesterday 17:03, cleared after 2 h 1 min
• M5 crash J31–J30 · yesterday 16:44, cleared after 1 h 6 min
• M5 stopped traffic J19–J20 · yesterday 16:03, cleared after 14 min
• M5 crash J8 · yesterday 14:48, cleared after 1 h 23 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southbound · Thu 10:45, cleared after 1 h 38 min
• M5 closed J20–J19 northbound · Thu 05:29, cleared after 1 h
• M5 closed J16 northbound · Wed 21:31, cleared after 8 h 58 min
• M5 closed J17–J16 northbound · Wed 20:21, cleared after 10 h 8 min
• M5 closed J16 northbound · Wed 19:55, cleared after 34 min

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