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A1 Severe Cleared

A1 | Tyne & Wear | Carriageway Closure | Delays

4 Aug 2026, 21:13 Tyne & Wear 32 views

Incident Details

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

A1
Severe
Cleared
21:13, 4 Aug 2026
05:45, 5 Aug 2026

📜 Incident timeline

· First report

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 37 minutes. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 1h 12m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 1h 47m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 2h 22m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 2h 57m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 3h 32m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 4h 7m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 4h 42m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 5h 17m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 5h 52m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 6h 27m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 7h 2m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 7h 37m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

⏱ Still active — no changes from National Highways. Incident ongoing for 8h 12m. Monitoring continues.

· Update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

· Update

✅ Incident cleared — A1 reopened at 05:45 on 5 Aug 2026. Total disruption: 8h 32m. All lanes open, traffic returning to normal.

· Final update

The A1 in Tyne and Wear is closed southound between J73 (Blaydon) and J71 (The Metro Centre) for emergency resurfacing works

Wording as published by National Highways, recorded as it changed.

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