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M5 J31 at 10:47 on Monday 12 October: closure planned from 20:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Exeter, Exmouth, Dawlish, Teignmouth.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 542 collisions are on record, 5 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 M5 itself, within 2 miles of J31. 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 M5 J31 → 17 of 32 junctions on the M5 · see where it ranks nationallyM5 J31 is at Exminster & Kennford. National Highways signs it as Exminster. The nearest town is Exeter.
No — as of 10:47 National Highways list nothing at M5 J31. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M5 northbound Jct 31 to Jct 30 carriageway closure, from 20:00 until 06:00 Tue 13 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 21 collisions on the M5 within 2 miles of J31, including 1 fatal and 2 serious. Counting every road in the area, 542 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 370 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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