Traffic Reports for South West England

Traffic Reports for South West England

Where to Find Traffic News for South West England

Live traffic news for South West England is published on Traffic News England, one of our own websites. Its regional page for South West lists every current incident, closure and set of roadworks that National Highways reports on the motorways and major A roads in the area, refreshed every five minutes, 24 hours a day.

If you use one motorway most of the time, our dedicated sites for the M5 and M4 give you the news for that road alone, with separate pages for accidents, roadworks, overhead signs and speed limits.

The South West in numbers

A guide to the kind of traffic news drivers in the South West see, from the Department for Transport’s own figures. For today’s news, use the links above.

about 9,000

reported injury collisions, 2025

on all roads in the South West, or about 25 a day. The year before it was about 9,000.

25%

were fatal or serious

About 2,260 collisions in the South West in 2025 left someone killed or seriously injured.

about 200

on motorways

Most were on the M5, then the M4 and M32. About 3,600 more were on A roads, which is why our regional news covers them too.

about 90,000

vehicles a day on the M5

on average along the whole road. Its busiest stretch carries about 151,000 a day.

Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (2024 and 2025) and road traffic statistics (2025). Rounded, as a guide rather than a precise count.

Traffic reports for South West England including the latest Motorway Traffic News. Regional England Traffic News for South West England. Road Works in South West England. Road Traffic Information for South West England and Road Safety Information.

UK Traffic News currently covers England traffic news, traffic updates and traffic reports in North West England, North East England, West Midlands of England, East Midlands, Eastern England, South West England and South East England.

The aim of our South West England traffic news page is to make it easy for drivers in the South West of England to avoid the latest traffic jams and traffic delays easily and quickly.

Dedicated sections for motorway news.

Summary of the latest Traffic Reports received for South West England

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