Transport and Logistics Network
Two cranes had to be brought in to recover a crashed lorry that shut the A50 for around 11 hours. Emergency services had been called to the eastbound stretch between Uttoxeter and Sudbury last night.As reported by StokeonTrentLive[1], National Highways…
A motorist has suffered life-threatening injuries following a pile-up near the A50 which has seen police make two arrests. Officers, paramedics and firefighters were called out to the A38 northbound close to the Staffordshire and Derbyshire border.Emer…
Calls for a limit on lorries to be enforced at a Derby suburb[1] have been welcomed – with the traffic in the area called “terrible”. Residents of Spondon have been giving their thoughts following the news that official talks have got under way over a …
The family of a man who died in a motorbike accident are suing the council responsible for the road he died on.
A coroner concluded that Robert Newcombe, 70, from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, had lost control of his bike because of a “degraded road surface” o…
A lorry fire led to long delays on the M1 southbound on Saturday.Emergency services were called to the motorway between junction 29 for Chesterfield and junction 28 at Mansfield at about 06:00 BST.Drivers were thanked for their patience as the carriage…
4 hours agoLiam BarnesBBC News, NottinghamNottinghamshire PoliceA police operation to target bad driving made an unexpected discovery when a van was seen poking out of the back of a lorry.Nottinghamshire Police said the “irregular cargo” was spotted on…
The vehicle was pulled over during a West Midlands Police operation at the NEC near the M42
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A company has been fined more than £800,000 after police found one of their vehicles to be carrying an “abnormal load” without proper notif…
A dramatic image shows the extent of a crash that briefly closed a Derbyshire [1]road this week. Officers were called to the A5012 Via Gellia[2] near Ball Eye Quarry, Cromford, to reports of a crash at around 10am on Thursday (April 3).An image from th…
Officers are searching for a lorry driver who crashed into a wall on Woodhead Pass[1] overnight.The key road between Tameside[2] and South Yorkshire has been closed this morning (April 1)[3] while ‘extensive clean-up’ works take place.Emergency service…
Lorry drivers face losing their cargo to criminal gangs in lay-bys and on-the-move heists, an MP has said, in her call for a freight crime crackdown.Rachel Taylor said thieves who steal from the back of lorries, leaving with high-value hauls, often bel…