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Event day: Ipswich Town v AFC Bournemouth · Sat 7 Nov · kick-off 15:00 · 3 miles east - plan for extra traffic
A14 J55 at 02:44 on Saturday 7 November: part closure until 03:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Checked 02:44 on Saturday 7 November 2026.
No. Nothing is closing the road at A14 junction 55 at 02:44.
No full closures. A14 junction 55 stays open tonight (Fri 6 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00). 1 lane or slip road closure is planned: westbound Jct 55 entry slip road closure, 01:00 to 03:00.
Tonight: every A14 closure ›No full closures. A14 junction 55 stays open this weekend (Fri 6 Nov 18:00 to Mon 9 Nov 06:00). 1 lane or slip road closure is planned: westbound Jct 55 entry slip road closure, Sat 01:00 to 03:00.
This weekend: every A14 closure ›No. No collision has been reported at A14 junction 55 since midnight.
A14 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: Ipswich, Needham Market, Stowmarket, Woodbridge.
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 — 977 collisions are on record, 15 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 A14 itself, within 2 miles of J55. 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 A14 J55 → 12 of 21 junctions on the A14 · see where it ranks nationallyA14 J55 is at Ipswich & Copdock. National Highways signs it as Copdock. The nearest town is Ipswich.
No — as of 02:44 National Highways list nothing at A14 J55. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Partly — A14 westbound Jct 55 entry slip road closure, until 03:00 (as of 02:44).
Police STATS19 records show 57 collisions on the A14 within 2 miles of J55, including 3 fatal and 4 serious. Counting every road in the area, 977 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 256 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Within 15 miles of A14 J55: Portman Road (Ipswich Town) (stadium, Ipswich), about 3 miles east in a straight line; Harwich International Port (ferry port, Harwich (Parkeston)), about 10 miles south-east in a straight line; Sutton Hoo (heritage, Woodbridge), about 12 miles east in a straight line; Port of Felixstowe (ferry port, Felixstowe), about 12 miles south-east in a straight line.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole A14, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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