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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…
A man has died following a collision involving a VW Golf and a lorry on the M1 this morning (March 16). Leicestershire Police[1] and East Midlands Ambulance Service[2] were called to the road, close to J22 at Markfield[3], at 4.40am this morning.
The c…
A lorry fire on the M1 led to eight miles of tailbacks.Fire crews were called to an HGV on fire on the northbound side of the motorway between junction 28 and junction 29 near Tibshelf at 08:48 GMT on Wednesday morning.Crews from Chesterfield, Alfreton…
POLICE have used undercover lorries to catch lawbreaking drivers on the M5.West Mercia Police have teamed up with National Highways by driving an unmarked HGV to film illegal behaviour.The HGV offers them a clear view of the road, including insight int…
The A38 was closed after a lorry smashed through the central reservation. Emergency services were called to the A38 near the junction of the A61 at Alfreton following reports of a one-vehicle crash.
Once emergency services arrived at the scene earlier …