2 active closures and restrictions on the M45 right now.
On the M45 right now: 2 restrictions (roadworks or queues). No collisions or breakdowns are reported. Listed first: Hard shoulder and lane closure eastbound, M45 eastbound between A45 near Rugby (west) and A45 near Rugby (east).
Updated at 18:54 · refreshes every 5 min
No. Nothing unplanned is reported on the M45 right now: no collisions, breakdowns or obstructions in the National Highways feed. Nothing unplanned has been reported and cleared on the M45 since midnight either.
M45 accidents →No. Nothing is planned to close on the M45 tonight.
M45 closures tonight →No. Nothing is planned to close on the M45 this weekend.
M45 closures this weekend →M45 eastbound between A45 near Rugby (west) and A45 near Rugby (east)
M45 eastbound between A45 near Rugby (west) and A45 near Rugby (east)
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The M45 is busiest around 07:00, and at the sensors along this route it keeps moving: even in that hour traffic averages 50.9 mph.
Typical weekday pattern from 3 National Highways roadside sensors along the route, June 2026. Bar height is traffic volume, colour is average speed. Overnight hours carry too little traffic to judge, so they are shown as quiet.
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The M45 is a quiet spur from the M1 towards Coventry, one of Britain's first motorways and now one of its emptiest. It earns its keep as a diversion when the M1 or M6 around Rugby fails. Live incidents and closures refresh every 5 minutes.