Transport and Logistics Network
At least 16 drivers a week are caught going the wrong way down motorways as investigation finds incidents have risen by a ‘frightening’ 13% in a yearNational Highways figures show 872 cases of oncoming vehicles in the last year By Daily Mail Reporter[1…
Lancashire Police have reportedly settled a legal claim with a woman who suffered serious injuries after she was mauled by PD Jax – the out-of-control police dog shot dead by officers after attacking his handler last week.
At around 5.15am last Thursd…
Four vehicles have crashed on the M69 in Leicestershire. The incident has led to the closure of one lane on the northbound side.
A lorry, a van and two cars were involved in the collision, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS)[1] said. The fire…
All traffic was held on the M1 in Leicestershire this morning due to a crash involving a car and a van. Drivers were stopped on the northbound side between Lutterworth and Leicester at around 9am.
Traffic[1] monitoring website, Inrix, reported queueing…
A SIX-year-old boy has died in a car crash near Cotesbach.
The boy was a passenger in a red Chrysler Crossfire car which collided with a grey Volkswagen Caddy van on the A426 Rugby Road at around 12.50pm on Saturday (August 5).
He sustained serious inj…
A gang from Doncaster stole hundreds of sewing machines worth £30,000 from a truck while the driver was sleeping.
The driver of the truck had pulled into a layby near Coalville, Leicestershire, to sleep when the thieves broke into the back and began mo…
Three thieves were caught in the act while stealing more than 200 sewing machines out of the back of a lorry. The lorry driver had pulled over on Stephenson Way in Coalville[1] to sleep.
Five hours later, at about 1.30am, he was woken by Leicestershire…
A former Leicestershire Police[1] officer lied three times about damage caused in drone crash, a misconduct hearing ruled. Kenneth Fricker, who has since left the force, was flying the force drone at the scene of a serious traffic accident on the M6 at…
A man has died after a collision with a HGV close to eth junction of two major roads near the Leicestershire[1] border. The incident closed off the road for several hours while police investigations were carried out following the crash.
The collision t…
A disqualified driver callously ran away from a collision he caused that killed a fellow motorist.
Nathan Aitchison was driving his partner’s Volkswagen Beetle when he lost control and ran into the back of David Obada’s Fiat Punto.
His bad driving caus…