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M1 J23A at 15:06 on Wednesday 14 October: part closure planned from 20:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Castle Donington, Shepshed, Long Eaton, Loughborough.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 198 collisions are on record, 10 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 M1 itself, within 2 miles of J23A. 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 M1 J23A → 49 of 53 junctions on the M1 · see where it ranks nationallyM1 J23A is at East Midlands Airport & Castle Donington. National Highways signs it as East Midlands Airport. The nearest town is Castle Donington.
No — as of 15:06 National Highways list nothing at M1 J23A. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M1 northbound Jct 23a exit slip road closure, from 20:00 until 06:00 Thu 15 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 22 collisions on the M1 within 2 miles of J23A, including 0 fatal and 4 serious. Counting every road in the area, 198 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 465 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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