Transport and Logistics Network
8 hours agoAsha PatelLeicesterFamily handoutA man pleaded with police and highways officers not to leave his brother alone before he was fatally struck by a lorry on the M1, an inquest has heard. Shafiqul Haidhar was awaiting recovery on the hard shoul…
Traffic map shows extent of congestion
Google’s traffic maps are showing heavy delays around junction 24 of the M1 following a lorry crash on the A50. On the east of the M1, the A453 Remembrance Way and Derby Road towards Kegworth are heavily congested…
A “fatigued” Birmingham van driver who killed his passenger when he smashed into the back of a lorry at 91mph drove past four service stations where he could have taken a break.Legard Swaby was driving from London to Birmingham[1] when the crash happen…
A truck break down led to the M1 Northbound in Leicestershire[1] being “partially blocked” this afternoon. The incident took place between junction 22, near Coalville[2] and junction 23, near Loughborough[3].
Leicestershire Police[4] said it received a…
A man has died after being hit by a lorry on the A5 in Leicestershire.Leicestershire Police said officers were called to the road, near the Dodwells roundabout near Hinckley, just after 05:40 BST on Sunday following a report that a pedestrian had been …
A woman sadly died following a collision with a HGV on the M40 in Warwickshire[1]. Police had closed off the northbound carriageway of the motorway, between junctions 15 and 16, early yesterday evening (September 4).
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WM…
A motorcyclist was tragically killed after a collision with a van in Birmingham this morning.
The vehicles crashed on the A41 Warwick Road, in Acocks Green, just before 7am, today, Friday, August 1.
Part of the A41 was closed with emergency services …
A road remains closed after a car struck a bridge, causing extensive structural damage.
Emergency services were called to Belvoir Road in Bottesford just before 1pm on Thursday, July 24, after reports that a vehicle had hit the bridge and left the carr…
In a Facebook post, the police team said the section of road was “notorious” and had seen “hundreds of collisions over the years”.The post said: “Heavy rainfall after hot weather is the most dangerous time and we take this seriously to prevent loss of …
A major road through the Cotswolds has reopened following a fatal lorry crash today (Friday, July 18). Investigation work at the scene meant a stretch of the A40 was closed in both directions, but it has since reopened, almost 16 hours later.
A man in …