M5 closed J7–J8 southbound

Road closure on the M5 southbound at J7–J8 on Sunday 27 September 2026, from 20:01. Cleared at 18:38 after 22 h 37 min. Timeline of reports from National Highways and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:38 on 28 Sept 2026, after 22 h 37 min

Location

M5 southbound · J7–J8

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

Sources

National Highways ×4 · TomTom

Timeline

1. Sun 20:01 National Highways: road closed
2. Sun 20:01 National Highways: road closed
3. Mon 07:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
4. Mon 07:35 TomTom no longer reports it
5. Mon 07:41 National Highways: road closed
6. Mon 07:51 National Highways: road reopened
7. Mon 07:51 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Mon 14:26 National Highways: road closed
9. Mon 18:38 National Highways: road reopened
10. Mon 18:38 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• M5 southbound between J7 and J8
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 crash J4–J4A southbound13:32 · Live
• M5 crash J1 northbound12:16 · cleared after 36 min
• M5 reported crash J20–J19 northbound09:45 · cleared after 36 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 northbound05:55 · cleared after 55 min
• M5 crash J1 northboundyesterday 19:15 · cleared after 2 h 15 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southboundyesterday 15:47 · cleared after 2 h
• M5 reported crash J20–J19 northboundyesterday 12:44 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M5 crash J8–J7 northboundyesterday 11:23 · cleared after 52 min
• M5 crash J1 southboundyesterday 07:14 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• M5 closed J24–J25 southboundyesterday 03:50 · cleared after 1 h 4 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J7 and M5 J8.

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