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M5 traffic live: Motorway shut as fuel tanker crashes causing huge 3 hour delays
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5 May 2026

Traffic monitoring service Inrix says: "M5 - SOMERSET - SOUTHBOUND M5 Southbound closed, severe delays due to recovery work, earlier accident, a tanker and a car involved and fuel spillage between J22 (Burnham-on-sea) and J23 (Bridgwater North).
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Unleaded
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Diesel
191.4pstable
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Super Diesel
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