M5 closed J24–J23

Cleared Cleared at 22:14 on 8 Oct 2026, after 28 min.

Road closure on the M5 at J24–J23 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 21:46. Cleared at 22:14 after 28 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M5 · J24–J23

   Road closed

   21:46–22:14 (cleared after 28 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 2.6 mi

   TomTom ×2

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Timeline

1. 21:46 TomTom: road closed
2. 22:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. 22:14 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 22:14 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Closed
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 crash J7–J6 northbound · 14:21, cleared after 3 h 35 min
• M5 delays J11A–J12 · 11:32, cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M5 reported crash J12–J11A northbound · 10:01, cleared after 54 min
• M5 closed J24–J23 · 02:26, cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M5 closed J17–J18 · 02:08, cleared after 14 min
• M5 closed J2–J1 · yesterday 23:26, cleared after 5 h 8 min
• 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

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