🚨 Emergency? Call 999 · Motorway breakdown? 0300 123 5000

UK Traffic Updates

Search

LIVE

Loading incidents...

📢 Seen an incident on this road? Report it in 30 seconds Report ›

LIVE MON–FRI Watch

🏠 Traffic Hub 🚨 Major 🟠 Roadworks 🗺️ Live Map 🏴 All England 🔴 All Incidents 📊 Regions 🕐 Worst Commute 🔍 Was I Affected? 💬 Discussions

Home / Traffic / Incidents / M5

M5 Severe Cleared

M5 southbound between J13 and J14 | Southbound | Vehicle Fire

18 Mar 2026, 03:01 Duration: 8h 3m South West 60 views

Incident Details

Location : The M5 southbound between junctions J13 and J14 .
Reason : Vehicle fire.
Status : Currently Active.
Lanes Closed : All lanes are closed.

RoadM5

SeveritySevere

StatusCleared

Started03:01, 18 Mar 2026

Cleared11:05, 18 Mar 2026

Duration8h 3m

National Highways M5 Live 💬 Discuss 🗺️ Map

Was I Affected?

Enter when you were travelling on M5 to check

🗺️

Live Map

See this on the map

💬

Discuss

What happened?

🆘

Broken Down?

Get recovery now

🏠Home 🗺️Map 📊Regions 🆘Help

🔍

⚡ Early Warning System

We detected congestion building on the M5 35 minutes before this incident was officially reported.

In the last 30 days, we've detected 15 incidents on the M5 an average of 1018 minutes early.

Get Early Warnings for M5 → From £2.99/mo · 7-day free trial