M1 Junction 19 (Catthorpe Interchange: M6 and A14)
Junction 19 is Catthorpe Interchange, where two major roads begin: the M6, heading west towards Birmingham, and the A14, heading east towards the A1. The M1 carries on north to Leicester.
Live traffic news at M1 Junction 19
Incidents and roadworks between Junction 18 and Junction 20 that we are aware of.
A42 northbound Jct 13 to M1 Jct 23a carriageway closure
06:03 (6:03am)15 Oct 2026reported 3 min ago
- Location
- link road from A42 northbound to M1 J23A northbound
- Direction
- Northbound
- Lanes closed
- Carriageway closed
- Reason
- Tree and vegetation cutting work
- Schedule
- 20:00 (8pm) Thu 15 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 16 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
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Updated 06:07 (6:07am) Thu 15 Oct 2026
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Traffic drops by a fifth past the junction
| Stretch | All vehicles a day | Lorries | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| J18 to J19 (south of the junction) | 110,877 | 19,440 — 17.5% | 3.3 |
| J19 to J20 (north of the junction) | 88,994 | 12,322 — 13.8% | 3.5 |
The stretch north of the junction carries 21,883 fewer vehicles a day, about a fifth less. That is a net figure — traffic joins here as well as leaves — but it is consistent with a large share of the M1’s traffic south of Catthorpe heading for the M6 and the A14. The lorry share tells the same story: 17.5% south of the junction, the 3rd highest on the M1, against 13.8% north of it. J18 to J19 combines two count points either side of a local-authority boundary that report the same measurement, published once.
Rebuilt from 2014 to 2016
The interchange was rebuilt between 2014 and 2016. Work ran from 06/01/2014 to 22/12/2016 at a cost of £191 million, the Highways England figure. A figure published in December 2019 put more than 157,000 vehicles a day through the interchange.
Two movements you cannot make
There is no link from the A14 to the M1 southbound, and none from the M1 northbound onto the A14. If either is your route, plan it before you set off rather than at the junction.
The M6 towards Birmingham
Spaghetti Junction is about 29 miles along the M6 from here. Our sister site M6 Traffic carries the news for the whole M6. Before the M6 existed, the route west was the M45 at junction 17, two junctions south.
The A14 towards the A1
The A14 is one of the main crossings between the M1 and the A1: it meets the plain A1 at Brampton, near Huntingdon. The full list is on our M1 and A1 link roads page; for news on the A14 itself, see Traffic News England.
Traffic count figures on this page are from the Department for Transport road traffic statistics, 2025.