🚨 Live M8 Incidents & Roadworks
Auto-refresh 3 min🗺️ M8 Traffic Map — Where It's Happening
Tap a pin for full incident detail. Live positions from National Highways.
🔢 M8 Junction Status
Tap a junction for its page🟢 Clear · 🟡 Delays nearby · 🔴 Severe/Crash · Status labels: 💥 CRASH · ❌ CLOSED · 🐌 SLOW · 🚧 WORKS · ⚠️ HAZARD
A red or orange junction border marks a STATS19 collision blackspot. Tap any junction for its own page — live incidents and full collision history. Tap the funnel to filter the list above.
📊 How busy is the M8?
The M8 carries up to 158,065 vehicles a day at its busiest stretch (J16–J17), including 7,214 HGVs — the 5th busiest motorway in Britain. Official Department for Transport counts, 2025.
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| Road | Busiest stretch | Vehicles/day | HGVs/day | HGV share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M25 | near J14 | 212,636 | 14,853 | 7% |
| M6 | J20–J21 | 187,521 | 23,492 | 12.5% |
| M56 | J3–J4 | 179,634 | 7,547 | 4.2% |
| M1 | near J9 | 162,446 | 19,151 | 11.8% |
| M8 ◀ | J16–J17 | 158,065 | 7,214 | 4.6% |
| M4 | near J4 | 156,491 | 6,249 | 4% |
⚠️ Most Dangerous M8 Junctions
Based on DfT STATS19 police collision records. The M8 has 373 recorded collisions at 24 collision hotspots, involving 604 casualties (9 fatal). Take extra care here.
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❓ M8 Traffic — Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is the M8 closed today?
Any M8 closure appears in the live feed above within minutes of National Highways reporting it, including tonight's overnight roadworks closures.
Q: Is there traffic on the M8 today?
The live feed above shows every incident, delay, roadwork and overnight closure on the M8, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
Q: What is the worst time to use the M8?
The M8 is typically busiest during morning rush hour (07:30–09:00) and evening rush hour (17:00–18:30) on weekdays.
Q: Are there roadworks on the M8 right now?
Roadworks and overnight closures on the M8 are listed above and at /traffic/m8/roadworks/, taken from the National Highways daily closure report.
Q: What roads connect to the M8?
The M8 connects to: M9, M73, M74, M77, A8.
Q: How many vehicles use the M8 every day?
Official Department for Transport counts (2025) record 158,065 vehicles a day on the M8's busiest stretch (J16–J17), 7,214 of them HGVs. The full breakdown and comparison chart are in the traffic statistics section above.
Q: How busy is the M8 compared with other motorways?
The M8 has the 5th busiest motorway stretch in Britain at 158,065 vehicles a day (DfT 2025), behind the M25's 212,636 a day at the top.
📊 M8 Status Summary
ℹ️ M8 Road Details
- Length
- 60 miles
- Junctions
- 30
- From
- Edinburgh (A720)
- To
- Langbank
- Type
- Motorway
- AM Rush
- 07:30–09:00
- PM Rush
- 17:00–18:30
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