Transport and Logistics Network
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,…
The incident happened just before 02:00 BST on the northbound carriageway but both sides of the road were damaged, National Highways said.Thames Valley Police said the driver of the lorry sustained minor injuries and nobody else was hurt.Drivers travel…
Part of the A34 west of Oxford is likely to be closed for much of today (Saturday, April 13).
The closure follows an overnight road traffic collision and fire which has resulted in damage to safety barriers and the surface of the carriageway.
The A34 i…
There has been three days of chaos on the M60; with a woman left seriously injured in a major collision, a road sweeper tipping over onto its side closing the motorway for hours and a taxi erupting into flames on a slip road.
Emergency services have de…
A two-lorry crash closed a section of a major dual carriageway through Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
The collision took place on the A34 southbound between Chilton and East Ilsley early on Friday morning.
In a Facebook post[1], police said “luckily” no-on…
More motorists are falling victim to a ‘horrendous’ North Staffordshire road frequently left under water. CCTV from one business – on Chemical Lane, in Longport – has captured one drenched driver knee-deep in water pushing their car out of the floodwat…
A key stretch of the M6[1] will remain closed overnight, March 12, after a serious lorry crash this morning. National Highways confirmed the M6 southbound would stay closed between junctions 14 and 13 following the crash, which saw a lorry driver taken…
A van driver was taken to hospital after being seriously injured in a ‘multi-vehicle’ pile-up on the M6 in Stoke-on-Trent. Emergency services descended on the southbound side between junctions 15 for the A500 and 14 for Stafford North following a colli…
Police were called to the northbound carriageway at 6.42am to reports of a collision on the A34 involving a car and a lorry.
The lorry was parked in the layby at the time of the crash.
A police spokesperson said one person suffered a minor injury.
On…