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M5 J18 at 13:56 on Tuesday 3 November: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
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Checked 13:56 on Tuesday 3 November 2026.
No. Nothing is closing the road at M5 junction 18 at 13:56.
No. No closures are planned at M5 junction 18 tonight (Tue 3 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00).
Tonight: every M5 closure ›No. No closures are planned at M5 junction 18 this weekend (Fri 6 Nov 18:00 to Mon 9 Nov 06:00).
This weekend: every M5 closure ›No. No collision has been reported at M5 junction 18 since midnight.
M5 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: Keynsham.
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 — 707 collisions are on record, 17 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 M5 itself, within 2 miles of J18. 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 M5 J18 → 8 of 32 junctions on the M5 · see where it ranks nationallyM5 J18 is at Avonmouth & Portbury. National Highways signs it as Avonmouth. The nearest town is Keynsham.
No — as of 13:56 National Highways list nothing at M5 J18. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at M5 J18 as of 13:56.
Police STATS19 records show 91 collisions on the M5 within 2 miles of J18, including 1 fatal and 13 serious. Counting every road in the area, 707 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 259 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
M5 J18 is the junction for Ashton Gate (stadium, Bristol), about 5 miles south-east in a straight line - reached from M5 J18; Bristol Airport (airport, Lulsgate Bottom), about 7.5 miles south in a straight line - reached from M5 J18, J22.
Within 15 miles of M5 J18: Cribbs Causeway (The Mall) (shopping, Patchway), about 5 miles north-east in a straight line; Prince of Wales Bridge (M4) (crossing, Severn Beach), about 6 miles north in a straight line; Cheddar Gorge (attraction, Cheddar), about 15 miles south in a straight line.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M5, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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