Emergency Live Coverage of M40 Disruption

This is our urgent ongoing coverage.

A significant incident has occurred on the M40 motorway in Oxfordshire, causing one section of the road to be closed to traffic.

We will continue updating this page as new details become available.

Road Blocked by Fallen Materials

Information from Oxon Travel indicates:

Due to an event on the M40 northbound between junction 9 and junction 10, the road is presently closed while HighwaysEAST clears carriageway debris. The northbound section between junctions 9 and 10 should reopen shortly. HighwaysEAST personnel are on location. Drivers should exercise caution…

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Location

Below is a live traffic map from Google Maps displaying the affected stretch of the motorway.

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Further Incident

Intelligence from INRIX has confirmed that an additional event has now happened in the same area of the M40.

The report indicated significant delays and very slow traffic resulting from an earlier crash on the M40 northbound from junction 9 A34 (near Bicester) to junction 10 B430 (near Brackley and Cherwell Valley Services).

Following the closure of two lanes, all traffic was halted at 14:35 but movement resumed at approximately 14:50.

The A34 northbound is experiencing hold-ups as queuing traffic is slow to clear. There is now a separate crash on the other carriageway.

Situation Cleared

Here is the most recent information from Oxon Travel.

UPDATE – 3:40 PM The problem on the M40 northbound between junctions 9 and 10, and southbound between junctions 10 and 9, has now been resolved. Traffic is returning to normal conditions, with residual delays on all approaches. For further details, visit HighwaysEAST.

Wrap-up

Thank you for reading our coverage of this M40 incident.

Normal traffic conditions are resuming, so we will now end this live blog.