Transport and Logistics Network
A person was taken to hospital after being injured in a crash which left a busy Cotswolds[1] road closed for hours. The incident happened on the A417[2] at around 2.20pm yesterday (August 14) on the southbound side of the road.
Gloucestershire Police[3…
A busy road in the Cotswolds has reopened following a lorry crash this afternoon. Traffic was moving slowly southbound on the A417 between Gloucester and Cirencester.
Gloucestershire Police are at the site of the crash and have closed the road southbou…
The Glos Police Specialist Ops team was called at 2.20pm today (August 14) to a report that a lorry had left the carriageway and gone down an embankment near the Highwayman pub on the A417.
Officers closed the A417 southbound between the A436 (Ullenwoo…
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to a crash involving a motorbike at 9.43pam at the junction of the A465 and A417 at Burley Gate in Herefordshire and sent two ambulances, two paramedic officers, a BASICS emergency doctor, and the Midlands Air…
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A serious crash has seen a stretch of road off the A417 shut overnight. Gloucestershire police said they have closed Witcombe Hill, also known as the Old Birdlip Hill, following a serious collision last night (Thursday July 6).
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Residents say lorry drivers are using the route through Middle Duntisbourne and Duntisbourne Abbots near Cirencester as a detour, often when the A417 is closed which happens fairly frequently due to accidents.
HGVs are getting stuck in narrow lanes, ru…
A Cotswold[1] resident has expressed anger and disappointment at HGVs smashing into their property multiple times.
Denise Crossland, 72, lives with her husband Frank and moved to the village of Daglingworth near Cirencester[2] in 1995. With a 7.5 tonne…
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