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M42 J5 at 02:44 on Saturday 7 November: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
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Checked 02:44 on Saturday 7 November 2026.
No. Nothing is closing the road at M42 junction 5 at 02:44.
No. No closures are planned at M42 junction 5 tonight (Fri 6 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00).
Tonight: every M42 closure ›No. No closures are planned at M42 junction 5 this weekend (Fri 6 Nov 18:00 to Mon 9 Nov 06:00).
This weekend: every M42 closure ›No. No collision has been reported at M42 junction 5 since midnight.
M42 accidents today and yesterday ›Answers use official data only: the National Highways live incident feed and their planned closure report. A closure is counted here when National Highways name this junction or a stretch that runs through it.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Knowle, Dorridge, Solihull, Coleshill.
Matches and events from National Highways, the football fixture lists and our team. Start and kick-off times are the source's own and can change. All event traffic this week ›
Places and the junctions they are reached from are kept by our team; distances are measured in a straight line from the junction, not along the road.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 587 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 M42 itself, within 2 miles of J5. 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 M42 J5 → 11 of 11 junctions on the M42 · see where it ranks nationallyM42 J5 is at Solihull & Knowle. National Highways signs it as Knowle. The nearest town is Knowle.
No — as of 02:44 National Highways list nothing at M42 J5. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at M42 J5 as of 02:44.
Police STATS19 records show 60 collisions on the M42 within 2 miles of J5, including 0 fatal and 8 serious. Counting every road in the area, 587 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 437 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Within 15 miles of M42 J5: NEC Birmingham (events venue, Marston Green, Solihull), about 4 miles north in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (airport, Bickenhill, Solihull), about 4 miles north in a straight line; Kenilworth Castle (heritage, Kenilworth), about 6.5 miles south-east in a straight line; Edgbaston Cricket Ground (stadium, Edgbaston, Birmingham), about 8.5 miles north-west in a straight line; NAEC Stoneleigh (Stoneleigh Park) (events venue, Stoneleigh), about 9 miles south-east in a straight line; Warwick Racecourse (racecourse, Warwick), about 9.5 miles south-east in a straight line.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M42, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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