Transport and Logistics Network
Today marks the 20th anniversary of it being illegal to use a mobile phone at the wheel.
However, after two decades and a recent increase in punishment for handling a device while driving, more than nine in ten motorists say it remains a sight they wit…
Sightings of handheld mobile phone use by drivers are common on UK roads despite Friday being the 20th anniversary of the practice being banned, a survey suggests.Some 93% of respondents to a poll of more than 12,000 AA members said they often see othe…
A major road in south Manchester has been closed in both directions this evening following a crash.
The A34 Kingsway in East Didsbury is currently shut both ways due to an accident between Gawsworth Avenue to School Lane.
According to the traffic site,…
Police[1] are receiving increasing numbers of calls over ‘illegal racing’ on the A34. Now officers have vowed to identify perpetrators as street racers continue to blight the stretch of road.
StokeonTrentLive has previously reported how road policing o…
Posted on Friday 24th November 2023
Investigative works ahead of a major road maintenance scheme in Stafford town centre will take place over the next two weeks.
On weekday nights only (Monday to Friday) the A449 Wolverhampton Road will be closed in…
More than £640,000 is being spent on putting the brakes on speeding motorists in Staffordshire. The cash is being used to improve technology in fixed cameras and mobile vans deployed across Stoke-on-Trent.
It comes as another of the new-look cameras ha…
The A536 Congleton Link Road is blocked in both directions this evening after a crash. The rush hour collision happened at the junction with the A34 Manchester Road.
There is slow traffic in the area. Traffic monitoring service Inrix reported at 5.39pm…
A 51-year-old has been hospitalised in a terrifying dog attack. The victim was walking his own dog, a Weimaraner, near the Port Vale training pitches, in Burslem.
He described how he saw a Dalmatian-type dog, off its lead, ‘bounding’ towards him with i…
The A34 southbound was closed at the A4185 junction at Chilton near Didcot[1] at around 9am following a collision.
Thames Valley Police and the air ambulance were both called to the accident.
There were delays of around 30 minutes with three miles of …
John Joyce’s van after the collision with the lorry on the A34 near Botley on September 26 (Image: Thames Valley Police)
An Oxford[1] man has been convicted of dangerous driving as he evaded police after making off from a petrol station without pay…