Transport and Logistics Network
Emergency services were called to the incident at 5.16am today (June 7) after the crash involving the lorry near junction 9 on the M40.
The lorry was found by Thames Valley Police on its side with sausages “scattered across the road”.
The force has si…
Hundreds of motorists have been snared by new ‘smart’ speed cameras on bustling roads in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire within just a few months. The digital cameras, equipped with the latest technology, are designed to assist police in nabbing speed…
More than 1,000 motorists have been caught out by new speed cameras including in Potteries hotspots – in less than six months. The digital devices went up on key routes through Sneyd Green[1], Trent Vale[2], Baddeley Green[3] and Hanley[4] in an effort…
More than half a million pounds of taxpayers’ money us going towards improving facilities for lorry drivers at four truckstops in Staffordshire. More parking spaces, better welfare facilities and improved security will be among the improvements made as…
As previously reported, the road was closed on Friday, May 3 after a lorry got stuck while trying to pass under the bridge.
This was the latest example, with more than 25 collisions between heavy goods vehicles and the bridge occurring in the past 19 y…
Motorists are stuck in gridlock traffic on the M6 northbound this morning, April 25. It comes after a lorry broke down and also a car crash on the major motorway in two separate incidents.
Heavy rush hour delays are expected. Traffic has been brought t…
Five of the the six Stoke-on-Trent towns will be among the areas visited by mobile camera vans in the coming days. Drivers’ speeds will be monitored on roads across Stoke, Fenton, Longton, Burslem and Tunstall.
The vans will also be stationed on other …
A major road has reopened after emergency repairs following a lorry fire in the early hours of Saturday morning.The A34 was closed in both directions between its junctions with the A420 at Botley and A423 at Hinksey, Oxford.It was shut for most of Satu…
A lorry driver escaped with minor injuries after the vehicle burst into flames shortly before 2am on Saturday (April 13) between the A423 at Hinksey Hill and A420 Botley interchanges.
Residents reported hearing ‘a series of loud explosions’ before the …
Images from the scene showed huge flames coming from the HGV and thick black smoke billowing.
Another image shows the shell of a lorry as the tarmac which was damaged.
Five fire engines from Rewley Road, Slade, Abingdon[1] and Kidlington fire stations,…