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What happened

Road closure - M40 Southbound

RoadM40
SeveritySevere
StatusCleared
DirectionSouthbound
Started19:22, 26 Jun 2026

Incident timeline

  1. First report

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  2. Update

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  3. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 33 minutes. Monitoring continues.

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    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 1h 13m. Monitoring continues.

  6. Update

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    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 1h 48m. Monitoring continues.

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    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 2h 23m. Monitoring continues.

  10. Update

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  11. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 2h 58m. Monitoring continues.

  12. Update

    Incident

  13. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 3h 38m. Monitoring continues.

  14. Update

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  15. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 4h 13m. Monitoring continues.

  16. Update

    Incident

  17. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 4h 53m. Monitoring continues.

  18. Update

    Incident

  19. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 5h 28m. Monitoring continues.

  20. Update

    Incident

  21. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 6h 8m. Monitoring continues.

  22. Update

    Incident

  23. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 6h 43m. Monitoring continues.

  24. Update

    Incident

  25. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 7h 18m. Monitoring continues.

  26. Update

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  27. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 7h 53m. Monitoring continues.

  28. Update

    Incident

  29. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 8h 28m. Monitoring continues.

  30. Update

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  31. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 9h 3m. Monitoring continues.

  32. Update

    Incident

  33. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 9h 38m. Monitoring continues.

  34. Update

    Incident

  35. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 10h 13m. Monitoring continues.

  36. Update

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  37. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 10h 48m. Monitoring continues.

  38. Update

    Incident

  39. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 11h 23m. Monitoring continues.

  40. Update

    Incident

  41. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 12h 3m. Monitoring continues.

  42. Update

    Incident

  43. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 12h 38m. Monitoring continues.

  44. Update

    Incident

  45. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 13h 13m. Monitoring continues.

  46. Update

    Incident

  47. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 13h 48m. Monitoring continues.

  48. Update

    Incident

  49. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 14h 28m. Monitoring continues.

  50. Update

    Incident

  51. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 15h 3m. Monitoring continues.

  52. Update

    Incident

  53. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 15h 38m. Monitoring continues.

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    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 16h 13m. Monitoring continues.

  56. Update

    Incident

  57. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 16h 48m. Monitoring continues.

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    Incident

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    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 17h 23m. Monitoring continues.

  60. Update

    Incident

  61. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 17h 58m. Monitoring continues.

  62. Update

    Incident

  63. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 18h 33m. Monitoring continues.

  64. Update

    Incident

  65. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 19h 8m. Monitoring continues.

  66. Update

    Incident

  67. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 19h 43m. Monitoring continues.

  68. Update

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  69. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 20h 18m. Monitoring continues.

  70. Update

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  71. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 20h 53m. Monitoring continues.

  72. Update

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  73. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 21h 28m. Monitoring continues.

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    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 22h 3m. Monitoring continues.

  76. Update

    Incident

  77. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 22h 38m. Monitoring continues.

  78. Update

    Incident

  79. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 23h 13m. Monitoring continues.

  80. Update

    Incident

  81. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 23h 48m. Monitoring continues.

  82. Update

    Incident

  83. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 24h 23m. Monitoring continues.

  84. Update

    Incident

  85. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 24h 58m. Monitoring continues.

  86. Update

    Incident

  87. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 25h 33m. Monitoring continues.

  88. Update

    Incident

  89. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 26h 8m. Monitoring continues.

  90. Update

    Incident

  91. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 26h 43m. Monitoring continues.

  92. Update

    Incident

  93. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 27h 23m. Monitoring continues.

  94. Update

    Incident

  95. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 27h 58m. Monitoring continues.

  96. Update

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    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 28h 33m. Monitoring continues.

  98. Update

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  99. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 29h 8m. Monitoring continues.

  100. Update

    Incident

  101. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 29h 43m. Monitoring continues.

  102. Update

    Incident

  103. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 30h 18m. Monitoring continues.

  104. Update

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  105. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 30h 58m. Monitoring continues.

  106. Update

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    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 31h 33m. Monitoring continues.

  108. Update

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  109. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 32h 13m. Monitoring continues.

  110. Update

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  111. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 32h 48m. Monitoring continues.

  112. Update

    Incident

  113. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 33h 23m. Monitoring continues.

  114. Update

    Incident

  115. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 33h 58m. Monitoring continues.

  116. Update

    Incident

  117. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 34h 38m. Monitoring continues.

  118. Update

    Incident

  119. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 35h 18m. Monitoring continues.

  120. Update

    Incident

  121. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 35h 53m. Monitoring continues.

  122. Update

    Incident

  123. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 36h 33m. Monitoring continues.

  124. Update

    Incident

  125. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 37h 13m. Monitoring continues.

  126. Update

    Incident

  127. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 37h 48m. Monitoring continues.

  128. Update

    Incident

  129. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 38h 28m. Monitoring continues.

  130. Update

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  131. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 39h 8m. Monitoring continues.

  132. Update

    Incident

  133. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 39h 43m. Monitoring continues.

  134. Update

    Incident

  135. Update

    ⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 40h 23m. Monitoring continues.

  136. Update

    Incident

Wording from National Highways, recorded as it changed.

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