M40 | Warwickshire | Carriageway Closure | Long Delays 30 minutes

The M40 is currently closed from J15 to J16 with delays of at least 30 minutes covering several miles of the northbound carriageway. This closure is due to a road traffic collision and Highways England has resources deployed working hard to restore normal conditions as soon as possible.

For traffic approaching the closure locally, you are advised to expect disruption with extra journey time and may potentially have to re-route your journey.  

If travelling towards this area from much farther afield, you may wish to change your strategic route, allow extra travel time and follow guidance from our on-road variable message signs and media.  

 

Diversion route details and guidance is as follows;

From M40 J15 follow the hollow black square diversion symbol, taking the A46 heading north towards the A4177 junction near Warwick. Proceeding to join the A4177 north towards Balsall Common to join the A452 (Kenilworth Road) which heads north towards Hampton-in-Arden and continuing through to the A45 Stonebridge Island. Taking the A45 heading west towards Birmingham will route traffic back to the motorway network to join the M42 at J6 (Birmingham Airport).

Further incident information is available from Highways England by visiting our www.trafficengland.com website and travel apps, or via our @HighwaysWMIDS regional twitter feed. For urgent real time assistance, our 24/7 contact centre team is able to provide up to the minute information on 0300 123 5000.

Highways England has been working closely with our emergency services colleagues Warwickshire Police, who led the response to this incident.