M20 Junction 7 Traffic

🚨 Live at M20 J7 right now

Checked 14:17 · auto-refresh

✅Nothing reported at M20 J7 right now.

Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.

All live M20 traffic →M20 eastbound →M20 westbound →M20 roadworks →

Is M20 junction 7 closed? Quick answers

Checked 14:17 on Tuesday 3 November 2026.

Is M20 junction 7 closed right now?

No. Nothing is closing the road at M20 junction 7 at 14:17.

Is M20 junction 7 closed tonight?

No. No closures are planned at M20 junction 7 tonight (Tue 3 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00).

Tonight: every M20 closure ›

Is M20 junction 7 closed this weekend?

No. No closures are planned at M20 junction 7 this weekend (Fri 6 Nov 18:00 to Mon 9 Nov 06:00).

This weekend: every M20 closure ›

Is there an accident at M20 junction 7 today?

No. No collision has been reported at M20 junction 7 since midnight.

M20 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.

🗺️ Where M20 J7 is

Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Maidstone, Larkfield, Snodland, Chatham.

📍 Heading to… from M20 J7

Also near this junction

Leeds Castle Heritage · Maidstone, Kent 3 miles south-east in a straight line 🧭 Directions Kent traffic

Brands Hatch Motorsport · West Kingsdown, Kent 15 miles north-west in a straight line 🧭 Directions Kent traffic

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.

⚠️ Collision record on the M20 at J7

116Collisions

1Fatal

21Serious

161Casualties

Worse than most

Ranked 157 of 556 UK junctions on record · 3 of 15 on the M20

Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,808 collisions are on record, 13 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 M20 itself, within 2 miles of J7. 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 M20 J7 → 3 of 15 junctions on the M20 · see where it ranks nationally

❓ M20 J7 — Frequently Asked Questions

Where is M20 junction 7?

M20 J7 is at Maidstone & Detling. National Highways signs it as Maidstone South. The nearest town is Maidstone.

Is there an accident at M20 J7?

No — as of 14:17 National Highways list nothing at M20 J7. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.

Is M20 junction 7 closed?

No closure is listed at M20 J7 as of 14:17.

How many accidents happen at M20 junction 7?

Police STATS19 records show 116 collisions on the M20 within 2 miles of J7, including 1 fatal and 21 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,808 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 157 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.

What is near M20 junction 7?

Within 15 miles of M20 J7: Leeds Castle (heritage, Maidstone), about 3 miles south-east in a straight line; Brands Hatch (motorsport, West Kingsdown), about 15 miles north-west in a straight line.

🚨 Live M20 traffic

Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M20, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.

🚗 M20 live traffic →

↔️ Next junctions

← J6
Maidstone & Penenden Heath J8
Hollingbourne & Harrietsham →

📍 Towns near this junction

Maidstone 2.5 mi Larkfield 6.3 mi Snodland 6.9 mi Chatham 7 mi

🔢 All M20 junctions

J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 J10 J10A J11 J11A J12 J13

🆘 Broken down near M20 J7?

Car recovery near this junction - local firms you can call direct:

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.

Start typing to search