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M271 traffic at 13:55 on Tuesday 3 November: 1 live incident.
Checked 13:55 on Tuesday 3 November 2026.
No. There is no full closure on the M271 at 13:55. 1 live incident is on the board above.
Yes. 1 live incident on the M271 at 13:55: congestion, northbound between junctions with the A35 and M27 (reported 13:28). Every one is on the live board above.
No. No closures are planned on the M271 tonight (Tue 3 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00).
Tonight: M271 closures and diversions ›No. No closures are planned on the M271 this weekend (Fri 6 Nov 18:00 to Mon 9 Nov 06:00).
This weekend: M271 closures and diversions ›No. No collision has been reported on the M271 since midnight.
M271 accidents today and yesterday ›Answers use official data only: the National Highways live incident feed and their planned closure report. Times can change, so check before you set off.
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🟢 Clear · 🟡 Delays nearby · 🔴 Severe/Crash · Status labels: 💥 CRASH · ❌ CLOSED · 🐌 SLOW · 🚧 WORKS · ⚠️ HAZARD
A red or orange junction border marks a STATS19 collision blackspot. Tap any junction for its own page — live incidents and full collision history. Tap the funnel to filter the list above.
Based on DfT STATS19 police collision records. The M271 has 81 recorded collisions at 1 collision hotspot, involving 111 casualties (1 fatal). Take extra care here. Ranked by fatal, then serious collisions, then casualties - not by the number of collisions alone.
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This is the M271 traffic news page from UK Traffic Updates: M271 traffic now, for the whole road from Nursling (M27 J3) to Southampton Docks. Every crash, breakdown, lane closure, delay and roadworks National Highways report for the M271 is listed at the top, checked every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day, with the worst on the sign and where it is: the nearest towns and the county.
National Highways has closed its Traffic England website, so the live M271 information people used to check there is here in one place: today's M271 incidents, M271 closures tonight from their daily closure report, M271 roadworks, M271 accidents today, the junction-by-junction status and a live map. Drivers can report what they see as it happens.
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Any M271 closure appears in the live feed above within minutes of National Highways reporting it, including tonight's overnight roadworks closures.
There is currently 1 active incident on the M271. The live feed above is updated every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day, from National Highways.
Yes — 1 live incident on the M271 at 13:55: congestion. Every one is on the live board above, direct from National Highways.
The M271 is typically busiest during morning rush hour (07:00–09:00) and evening rush hour (16:30–19:00) on weekdays.
Roadworks and overnight closures on the M271 are listed above and at /traffic/m271/roadworks/, taken from the National Highways daily closure report.
The M271 connects to: M27.
Right here. This M271 traffic news page shows M271 traffic now: every live incident, delay, closure and roadworks National Highways report, updated every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day, with tonight's planned closures, junction-by-junction status and a live map. For M271 traffic updates sent to you, sign up on this page for the free daily road summary or Early Warning alerts for the roads you drive.
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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.