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A14 J52 at 13:56 on Tuesday 3 November: closure planned from 20:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Checked 13:56 on Tuesday 3 November 2026.
No. Nothing is closing the road at A14 junction 52 at 13:56.
Yes. A14 junction 52 has 1 full closure planned tonight (Tue 3 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00): eastbound Jct 51 to Jct 52 carriageway closure, 20:00 to 06:00.
Tonight: every A14 closure ›No. No closures are planned at A14 junction 52 this weekend (Fri 6 Nov 18:00 to Mon 9 Nov 06:00).
This weekend: every A14 closure ›No. No collision has been reported at A14 junction 52 since midnight.
A14 accidents today and yesterday ›Answers use official data only: the National Highways live incident feed and their planned closure report. A closure is counted here when National Highways name this junction or a stretch that runs through it.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Ipswich, Needham Market, Stowmarket, Woodbridge.
Matches and events from National Highways, the football fixture lists and our team. Start and kick-off times are the source's own and can change. All event traffic this week ›
Places and the junctions they are reached from are kept by our team; distances are measured in a straight line from the junction, not along the road.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 626 collisions are on record, 11 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the A14 itself, within 2 miles of J52. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for A14 J52 → 17 of 21 junctions on the A14 · see where it ranks nationallyA14 J52 is at Ipswich & Claydon. National Highways signs it as Claydon. The nearest town is Ipswich.
No — as of 13:56 National Highways list nothing at A14 J52. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: A14 eastbound Jct 51 to Jct 52 carriageway closure, from 20:00 until 06:00 Wed 4 Nov.
Police STATS19 records show 82 collisions on the A14 within 2 miles of J52, including 1 fatal and 6 serious. Counting every road in the area, 626 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 357 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Within 15 miles of A14 J52: Portman Road (Ipswich Town) (stadium, Ipswich), about 4 miles south-east in a straight line; Sutton Hoo (heritage, Woodbridge), about 10 miles east in a straight line; Harwich International Port (ferry port, Harwich (Parkeston)), about 13 miles south-east in a straight line; Port of Felixstowe (ferry port, Felixstowe), about 14 miles south-east in a straight line.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole A14, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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On a motorway? If you can, get onto the hard shoulder or into an emergency area, leave by the left-hand doors and wait behind the barrier. Stuck in a live lane: stay in the car with your seatbelt on and hazard lights on, and call 999.