Worst Junctions on the M5. A stretch of the M5 is being closed for nine hours for roadworks tonight and into Wednesday.
"In a separate incident, the Rissington Road, in Little Rissington, has been closed this evening. M5 Junction 11 Main exit for both Gloucester (chavs go this way) and Cheltenham (toffs go this way) via the A40. An aerial shot of Junction 11 for Cheltenham The M5 was closed through Gloucestershire for most of today after a fatal collision at dawn. The motorway was closed for nine hours after the incident this morningThe M5 was closed through Gloucestershire for most of today after a fatal collision at dawn.A man died when his car left the carriageway between junctions 10 and 11 southbound, with his small silver hatchback spotted down an embankment at about 5.30am.Officers from Gloucestershire Constabulary attended and a man, believed to be the driver, was pronounced dead at the scene.Enquiries are ongoing to identify and inform the man's next of kin.Police have established that the man got on the M5 at junction 4A at Bromsgrove and travelled down the M5 between 10.30pm and 11.30pm yesterday before the collision happened.The investigation team remain at the scene and diversions are in placeWe provided a blog giving updates throughout the day, with entries which you can see below.If you want to stay on top of traffic and travel updates, upcoming roadworks, and bigger issues around transport in Gloucestershire, we have a Facebook group dedicated to the topic.One lane is closed and traffic is queuing due to a crash just over the border of Glocuestershire in Worcestershire on the northbound carriageway between junctions 7 (for the A44, Worcester and The entry slip road at Junction 9 has also been re-opened by police.However, they are still going back two miles due to the earlier accident investigation work.Motorists have clashed on Twitter over delays in reopening the M5 after a fatal crash.The southbound side of the motorway has been shut since a car left the road at 5.30am.Police later confirmed the man driving the car had died in the incident.The long tailbacks and knock-on disruption resulting from the crash today provoked a debate on Twitter.The problems continue for motorists as the M5 remains shut through Gloucestershire.
There’s slow traffic on the A435 at Gotherington and the A38 for Tewkesbury.Congestion is back to Junction 9 for Tewkesbury. The following junctions are regularly busy: Junction 15. 11 GL51 6SU 12 GL10 3EX 13 GL2 7NJ 14 GL12 8BU 15 BS32 4JT 16 BS32 4JQ 17 BS10 7TP 18 BS11 8DL 19 BS20 7XG 20 BS21 6XU 21 BS22 7SQ 22 TA9 4HF 23 TA7 8AF 24 TA7 0DU 25 TA1 2PG 26 TA21 9PL 27 EX16 7HD 28 EX15 1NS 29 EX5 2AQ 30 EX2 7JJ 31 EX2 8XL. Bookmark … Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Affects motorway between junction 11a for Cirencester and Gloucester and junction 11 for the A40 Golden Valley Bypass and west CheltenhamA stretch of the M5 is being closed for nine hours for roadworks tonight and into Wednesday.The closure is from junction 11a for the A417 (Gloucester and Cirencester) and junction 11 for the A40 Golden Valley Bypass and west Cheltenham and Longlevens.The closure begins at 9pm on Tuesday and runs until 6am on Wednesday.Highways England tweeted: "M5 Northbound J11A Gloucester to J11 Cheltenham now has an overnight closure for resurfacing works.“Road is due to reopen by 6am. Motorists have been told to avoid the are due to an If you have any information about this story, or anything else you would like us to follow up, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Diversions are in place. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged m5. The A40 goes above the roundabout which itself is above the motorway. We’ll bring you more information as soon as we have it.Officers are asking motorists for any dashcam footage that may help their enquiries into a fatal collision on the M5 overnight.Disruption is spreading as drivers explore alternative routes to the M5.Queueing traffic is being reported on the M5 on M50 Westbound between J1 Brockeridge Road (Tewkesbury) and J2 A417 (Ledbury).