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A1(M) Traffic Reports

A1(M) Traffic Reports

A1(M) Traffic Reports and Updates

There is no single A1(M) traffic site yet: the A1(M) is several separate motorway stretches across three regions of England.

A1(M) Traffic Reports Today

A dedicated A1(M) website is coming soon, in the same style as our other motorway sites. In the meantime, the most complete source of A1(M) traffic reports is the all-news page on Traffic News England. It lists every current incident, closure and set of roadworks that National Highways reports on England’s motorways and major roads, refreshed every five minutes. Use the road filter to pick the A1(M), and the search box to narrow it down to the junctions you need.

Regional round-ups covering the A1(M): East of England, Yorkshire and the Humber and North East.

A1(M) collisions in numbers

How often something happens on the A1(M), from the Department for Transport’s figures. This is why A1(M) traffic news changes so often.

about 110

reported injury collisions, 2025

on the A1(M), or roughly 2 a week. In 2024 there were about 140.

29%

were fatal or serious

The rest were recorded as slight. Every one of them can close a lane and hold up traffic for miles behind.

Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics, reported injury collisions, 2024 and 2025. Rounded, as a guide rather than a precise count.

For facts about the road itself, its length, route and junctions, see about the A1(M) motorway.

Live example - one current item from today’s traffic news on the A1(M), refreshed every five minutes. It shows how our news is laid out; the full news is one click away.

  • A1M northbound Redhouse lane 2 closure (22/5-24/1)

    Active nowRoadworksNorthbound
    Time now: Monday, 5 October 2026, 03:32

    01:415 Oct 2026reported 2 hr ago

    Location
    A1(M) northbound between J37 and J38
    Direction
    Northbound
    Lanes closed
    Lane closures
    Reason
    Road marking
    Schedule
    20:00 Sun 4 Oct 2026 → 06:00 Mon 5 Oct 2026
    ⏳Expected to clear in ~2h 27m HA planned end: 06:00 Mon 5 Oct 2026
  • See all the latest A1(M) traffic news

    Updated 03:32 Mon 5 Oct 2026

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