M56 J5 traffic

No incidents reported at M56 J5 right now.

Updated 03:27 UK time · at J5 and the stretches either side

Right now

Nothing reported at M56 J5 at the moment.

No closures planned at J5 tonight.

Incidents

Collisions

Road closed

1time

Typical time to clear

1 h 21 minmedian of 26

Busiest time

13:00–14:00

M56 reported crash J4–J3 eastboundSun 14:09 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
M56 reported crash J5 westboundSun 14:09 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
M56 crash J4–J5 westboundThu 14:32 · cleared after 6 h 26 min
M56 crash J3–J2 eastbound24 Oct 2026 13:38 · cleared after 2 h 20 min
M56 crash J5–J6 westbound21 Oct 2026 07:53 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
M56 stopped traffic J4–J520 Oct 2026 15:23 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
M56 crash J5 westbound19 Oct 2026 13:59 · cleared after 5 h 14 min
M56 closed J5 westbound17 Oct 2026 19:38 · cleared after 12 h 25 min
M56 reported crash J4–J5 westbound8 Oct 2026 06:07 · cleared after 47 min
M56 stopped traffic J5–J6 westbound3 Oct 2026 01:05 · cleared after 248 h 43 min
M56 crash J6–J5 eastbound26 Sept 2026 11:32 · cleared after 57 min
M56 reported crash J5 westbound26 Sept 2026 11:32 · cleared after 44 min

No incidents have closed it right now.

No closures are planned at J5 tonight. 1 is planned over the next 7 days (listed above).

9 collisions reported at or either side of J5 in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 Nov 2026 at 14:09.

Includes incidents at J5 and on the stretches either side of it. Sources: National Highways, TomTom, TfL and Traffic Wales. Times are UK time.