Southampton Area Live Traffic Information


Please use the map below to choose an area for the traffic reports you require.
You can move the map by left clicking and holding as you move your mouse, and double click to zoom in.
Alternately you can use the arrow buttons to pan the map in all directions and also for zooming in and out.
Clicking on a incident will give you detailed information for that road.

The service has been developed by the Highways Agency which is an executive agency of the Department for
Transport that manages motorways and trunk roads in the South.
You can find out before you travel if there are any delays to your route as well as details of the latest roadworks.
This information will help you make an informed decision about which route to take, the time they set off,
whether to take the train or bus instead or whether to cancel your trip.

Where does the information come from?

The service is produced on behalf of the Highways Agency and Transport by Global Traffic Network compiling information
from the Agency's National Traffic Control Centre and TFL Traffic Control Centre.

Will the information be reliable and accurate?

Yes, the Highways Agency's National Traffic Control Centre operates 24 hours every day of the year, collecting information
on road and traffic conditions across 4,500 miles (7,300 km) of the South's motorways and trunk roads.
The centre continuously collects real-time information from 3,750 road sensors and 700 CCTV cameras as well as reports from
the Highways Agency traffic officers, police forces, local highway authorities, contractors, leisure venues and weather centres.