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M5 J5 at 05:05 on Friday 9 October: 2 nearby.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Redditch, Stourport-on-Severn.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 313 collisions are on record, 3 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 M5 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 M5 J5 → 24 of 32 junctions on the M5 · see where it ranks nationallyM5 J5 is at Droitwich & Wychbold. National Highways signs it as Droitwich. The nearest town is Bromsgrove.
Not at M5 J5 itself as of 05:05. Nearby, National Highways report: The M5 northbound exit slip at junction J7. Barrier Repairs. All lanes will be closed. Lanes one and two will be closed. From 21:00 on 12 October 2026 to 06:00 on 13 October 2026. Pending (2 junctions away).
No closure is listed at M5 J5 as of 05:05.
Police STATS19 records show 21 collisions on the M5 within 2 miles of J5, including 0 fatal and 3 serious. Counting every road in the area, 313 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 480 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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