Transport and Logistics Network
A1 closure could remain in place all morning
The lengthy closure of the A1 in both directions looks set to be in place for most of Monday morning, following a National Highways update that now states: “Normal traffic conditions are expected between 11:…
A Hartlepool man died after losing control of his car and crashing, an inquest has heard.Conor Ellis Holland[1] was killed when the blue Audi S3 car he was driving failed to negotiate a turn on the A689 near the Travellers Rest Pub in the town and stru…
New ‘smart’ AI speed cameras have caught out more 2,300 drivers in their first year of operation on Stoke-on-Trent’s roads. The digital cameras, which use the latest technology and artificial intelligence to capture speeding motorists, were installed a…
Court reporting – what your newspaper can and can’t report[1]
A MAN who admitted two counts of assault has been ordered to abstain from alcohol.
Valdas Simkus, of Cobham Road, Southend, was convicted at Southend Magistrates’ Court of assaulting the vic…
Over 2,500 drivers have been caught by new ‘smart’ AI speed cameras in their inaugural year of operation on West Midlands roads. These state-of-the-art digital cameras, equipped with the latest technology and artificial intelligence to snare speeding m…
A HOLBURY teenager is now “traumatised” after a fridge-freezer fell from a truck and smashed into the family car on a busy main road.
Her mother, Cathy McRedmond, slammed the “disgusting” driver for failing to stop and said the incident left the 17-yea…
In the first, a woman claimed that as she was driving her Volkswagen in the New Forest, her young daughter cried out: “Mummy, there’s a spider in the car.” Moments later, she pulled into the path of an oncoming car on the A31 Cadnam-Ringwood road, caus…
Two motorways have been shut this evening after human remains were found on the road.
Several drivers reported a body on the carriageway between junctions 20 and 21 of the M4 – between Almondsbury and Awkley – at about 6.40pm this evening.
Parts of th…
Dodgy drivers are using “ghost” number plates to evade speed cameras and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology, leaving them free to commit driving offences without being caught. The special plates, which are coated with reflective mater…
A crash on the M2 caused long delays.
The incident happened on the London-bound carriageway near junction 6 for Faversham.
There are delays on the M2 after a crash
Traffic was held for nearly two hours after the accident which happened near the slip-…