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M4 J18 at 14:53 on Wednesday 14 October: road closed both directions · 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: Chipping Sodbury, Corsham, Bath, Keynsham.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 109 collisions are on record, 7 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 M4 itself, within 2 miles of J18. 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 M4 J18 → 49 of 49 junctions on the M4 · see where it ranks nationallyM4 J18 is at Bath & Tormarton. National Highways signs it as Bath. The nearest town is Chipping Sodbury.
No — as of 14:53 National Highways list nothing at M4 J18. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Yes — as of 14:53: M4 westbound Jct 20 exit slip road to M5 northbound Jct 15 - carriageway closed (Both directions), until 06:00 Sat 5 Dec.
Police STATS19 records show 10 collisions on the M4 within 2 miles of J18, including 0 fatal and 1 serious. Counting every road in the area, 109 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 536 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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