Incidents on the M4 have closed the road through Newport more than 300 times so far in 2022, new figures have shown. The M4 stretching from Junction 23A Magor services and junction 28 Tredegar Park has been closed a total of 393 times between January and October this year, according to figures revealed following a Freedom of Information request.
The numbers show 310 incidents have partially or fully closed the M4 in Newport in just ten months including 128 incidents involving broken-down vehicles, 58 road traffic collisions and 124 other incidents such as debris on the road. Just 83 of the 393 closures have been scheduled due to roadworks being carried out.
338 of the closures were partial while 55 involved the road being fully closed in one direction. There were no instances which required the road to be fully closed in both directions.
