Transport and Logistics Network
The M4 is set to stay closed until “well into the evening” after a lorry overturned on the busy motorway. A closure has been in place since around 9.15am today (October 20) between junctions 18 and 17 on both sides of the road.
Emergency services dashe…
A major stretch of motorway between two junctions is likely to remain shut for the rest of today (Friday, October 20) after a crash involving an overturned lorry and two cars. The M4 is closed in both directions[1] between junction 18 for Bath and junc…
There are diversion routes in Somerset this morning following a serious lorry crash on the M4. The motorway is closed in both directions between junction 18 for Bath[1] and junction 17 for Chippenham.
Emergency services were called at 9.10am to reports…
Emergency services have descended on the M4 on Friday morning after a lorry overturned between Junctions 18 (Bath) and 17 (Chippenham).
The motorway is closed in both directions.
A spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: “The M4 is currently closed in …
Diversion in place
The latest log from Inrix says: “M4 in both directions closed, severe delays due to serious accident, an overturned lorry involved from J18 A46 (Bath / Tormarton) to J17 A350 (Chippenham). Congestion to halfway to J16 (Swindon West) …
Wiltshire Air Ambulance
A man was hit by a truck during a crash that took place on the A350 near Junction 17 of the M4.
The crash, which caused the road to close, happened on Wednesday afternoon. The pedestrian only suffered minor injuries.
An air …
The crash, which caused the road to close, happened on Wednesday afternoon. The pedestrian only suffered minor injuries.
An air ambulance as well as two land ambulances attended the scene.
Google Maps shows that the incident took place just north of Ch…
A crash involving a lorry and a car has cleared after closing a busy road close to the Somerset and Wiltshire border. The A350 has been closed southbound, leaving traffic queuing Semington and Cold Harbour, according to traffic monitoring system Inrix….
Cllr Ray Bryan, who previously worked in the transport sector, says although lorries now allowed on UK roads are up to two metres longer than standard-sized HGVs their steering systems are better and they will be no heavier.
Concerns about the larger v…
The scheduled improvement scheme at Malmesbury Roundabout,[1] on the A350 in Chippenham, started on the morning of Tuesday, August 15.
The inside lane of the roundabout and the left-hand lane approaching the junction from the A350 West Cepen Way were b…