{"id":571331,"date":"2025-11-15T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/571331\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:00:47","slug":"monster-m5-traffic-as-drivers-hit-with-torrential-rain-car-crash-and-road-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/571331\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster M5 traffic as drivers hit with torrential rain, car crash and road repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might be late home<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_48482.jpg\" alt=\"Huge delays on the M5\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Huge delays on the M5(Image: National Highways)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">There are delays of at least two hours on the M5 in Bristol as a series of unfortunate events hit motorway drivers this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">A crash, an infrastructure defect, and flooding have all affected conditions on the motorway, leaving motorists stuck in huge queues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Two lanes have been closed northbound between junctions 20 and 19 this afternoon (Friday, November 14).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">National Highways has warned of extensive delays on the motorway and advised drivers to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Highways said: &#8220;Traffic has been released on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/M5?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">#M5<\/a> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Somerset?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">#Somerset<\/a> northbound between J20 ( <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Clevedon?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">#Clevedon<\/a> ) &amp; J19 ( <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Portishead?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">#Portishead<\/a> ) following a collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">&#8220;2 (of 3) lanes remain closed between J20 &amp; J19 for an infrastructure defect. Service providers are in attendance. Please allow extra time for your journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">&#8220;Severe delays of 140 minutes on approach, please allow extra time for your journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Traffic monitor Inrix reports: &#8220;Severe delays and two lanes closed due to emergency repairs on M5 Northbound from J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way (Clevedon) to J19 A369 Martcombe Road (<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/portishead\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Portishead<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">&#8220;Congestion to before J21 (<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/weston-super-mare\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Weston Super Mare<\/a>). Delays aren&#8217;t helped after the road was briefly blocked for recovery of an accident which has now been cleared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">There are also reports of flooding southbound on the motorway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"bristolpost\">Inrix reports: &#8220;Queueing traffic and one lane closed due to flooding on M5 Southbound after J19 A369 Martcombe Road (Portishead). Lane three (of three) is closed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You might be late homeHuge delays on the M5(Image: National Highways) There are delays of at least two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,955,393,4884,42350,11945,9731,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-571331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-clevedon","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-m5-motorway","14":"tag-portishead","15":"tag-traffic-travel","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115551960791586940","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}