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M42 J7 at 02:44 on Saturday 7 November: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Checked 02:44 on Saturday 7 November 2026.
No. Nothing is closing the road at M42 junction 7 at 02:44.
No. No closures are planned at M42 junction 7 tonight (Fri 6 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00).
Tonight: every M42 closure ›No. No closures are planned at M42 junction 7 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 7 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: Coleshill, Solihull, Knowle, Dorridge.
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 — 1,542 collisions are on record, 20 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 J7. 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 J7 → 4 of 11 junctions on the M42 · see where it ranks nationallyM42 J7 is at Castle Bromwich & Marston Green. National Highways signs it as M6 South. The nearest town is Coleshill.
No — as of 02:44 National Highways list nothing at M42 J7. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at M42 J7 as of 02:44.
Police STATS19 records show 82 collisions on the M42 within 2 miles of J7, including 0 fatal and 16 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,542 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 322 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Within 15 miles of M42 J7: NEC Birmingham (events venue, Marston Green, Solihull), about 1 mile south in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (airport, Bickenhill, Solihull), about 1.5 miles south-west in a straight line; Villa Park (stadium, Aston, Birmingham), about 8 miles north-west in a straight line; Edgbaston Cricket Ground (stadium, Edgbaston, Birmingham), about 8 miles west in a straight line; Kenilworth Castle (heritage, Kenilworth), about 9.5 miles south-east in a straight line; Drayton Manor (theme park, Tamworth), about 10 miles north in a straight line.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M42, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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