M5 closed J17–J18

Cleared Cleared at 02:22 on 8 Oct 2026, after 14 min.

Road closure on the M5 at J17–J18 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 02:08. Cleared at 02:22 after 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J17–J18

   Road closed

   02:08–02:22 (cleared after 14 min)

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Timeline

1. 02:08 TomTom: road closed
2. 02:22 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 02:22 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Closed

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 closed J24–J23 · 02:26, cleared after 2 h 45 min
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• M5 closed J24–J23 · yesterday 23:23, cleared after 1 h 13 min
• M5 closed J11A–J12 southbound · yesterday 21:10, cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M5 closed J26–J27 southbound · yesterday 19:22, cleared after 10 h 8 min
• M5 closed J25 southbound · yesterday 19:22, cleared after 10 h 31 min
• M5 closed J30–J31 southbound · yesterday 19:22, cleared after 10 h 8 min
• M5 crash J4–J3 northbound · Tue 21:51, cleared after 14 h 29 min
• M5 closed J16 northbound · Tue 20:53, cleared after 7 h 12 min
• M5 closed J5–J6 southbound · Tue 20:53, cleared after 7 h 12 min

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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.