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M42 J1 at 10:47 on Monday 12 October: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Bromsgrove, Redditch, Halesowen, Droitwich.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 467 collisions are on record, 3 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M42 itself, within 2 miles of J1. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M42 J1 → 11 of 11 junctions on the M42 · see where it ranks nationallyM42 J1 is at Bromsgrove & Alvechurch. National Highways signs it as Bromsgrove. The nearest town is Bromsgrove.
No — as of 10:47 National Highways list nothing at M42 J1. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at M42 J1 as of 10:47.
Police STATS19 records show 21 collisions on the M42 within 2 miles of J1, including 0 fatal and 3 serious. Counting every road in the area, 467 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 480 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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