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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…
Officers from Dorset Police’s roads traffic team targeted the county’s busiest roads during an operation to highlight unsecure loads
Since January 2024, police received over 1000 emergency calls of items blocking Dorset’s major roads, which had been di…
National Highways will be completing barrier work on the A31 and junction 1 of the M27 in early February.
From Saturday, February 1 and Monday, February 3, the road will be closed throughout the night and early in the morning.
The closure has been put …
A main route through Dorset shut after two horses were killed following a crash with an SUV.Dorset Police said the horses were initially reported loose on the A31 near Corfe Mullen, shortly before 06:45 GMT.The force said officers were sent but before …
Officers were alerted to reports of a crash involving a van and motorbike on the A31 near Canford Bottom at around 10am on December 3.
The road was temporarily closed for several hours while emergency services dealt with the incident and cleared a dies…
Work to repair the A31 through the New Forest following a crash will see the road closed westbound overnight.The crash involving two cars and a van happened between Stoney Cross and Picket Post shortly after 17:10 BST on Tuesday. Police said a man in h…
A SAINSBURY’S delivery van collapsed, causing people’s shopping to fall across the road.The delivery van “spilt its load” on the A31 at Palmersford Roundabout in Ferndown at around 4pm on Sunday, October 13.An image from the incident shows the body of …
Bosses at the budget German supermarket have formally submitted a planning application to Dorset Council for the shop in Canford Bottom, on the edge of the controversial ‘hamburger roundabout’.
Concerns were raised by residents on the potential increa…
The A31 eastbound remains closed between A349 Merley and B3073 Little Canford following the two-vehicle collision.
One person in an Audi has been taken to hospital by the police with minor injuries and the driver of the lorry was uninjured.
The vehicle…
The blue Audi A3 was travelling on the A31 between Merley Roundabout and Canford Bottom when it struck an articulated HGV.
Emergency services had to close the road while recovery was arranged for both vehicles.
Pictures from the crash show the white HG…