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M1 J36 at 14:50 on Wednesday 14 October: closure planned from 21:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Chapeltown, Wombwell, Barnsley, Wath-upon-Dearne.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 558 collisions are on record, 16 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 J36. 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 J36 → 42 of 53 junctions on the M1 · see where it ranks nationallyM1 J36 is at Barnsley & Hoyland. National Highways signs it as Barnsley South. The nearest town is Chapeltown.
No — as of 14:50 National Highways list nothing at M1 J36. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M1 southbound Jct 37 to Jct 36 carriageway closure, from 21:00 until 06:00 Thu 15 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 32 collisions on the M1 within 2 miles of J36, including 0 fatal and 6 serious. Counting every road in the area, 558 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 388 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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