Transport and Logistics Network
The A5 in Hinckley[1] has been closed after a lorry smashed into a low railway bridge. Police have closed the road between the roundabout connecting to Nutts Lane and the roundabout connecting to the A47.
Motorists have been asked to find an alternativ…
A bus driver had a microsleep episode moments before a crash that killed him and a passenger, an inquest has concluded.
It follows the incident on June 26 2018, when a double decker bus collided with a Scania lorry on the A47 between Thorney and Guyhir…
Michael Elcombe, 45, was driving a First Eastern Counties service between Peterborough and Norwich when it collided with an HGV on the A47.
Mr Elcombe of Cley Road, Swaffham, died at the scene of the crash[1] on June 26, 2018.
Passenger Brian Chapman, …
A bus driver had a microsleep episode moments before a crash that killed him and a passenger, an inquest has concluded.
It follows the incident on June 26, 2018[1] when a double decker bus collided with a Scania lorry on the A47 between Thorney and Guy…
Michael Elcombe was driving the Peterborough to Norwich Excel service when the crash happened on the A47 between Gurhirn and Thorney Toll[1], in Cambridgeshire, on June 26, 2018.
Mr Elcombe, 45, of Cley Road, Swaffham, died at the scene of the crash.
P…
Officers will be providing a convoy for a lorry carrying a yacht from Tunstead Road in Hoveton to Ipswich.
The load, which is 5.3m wide, 21.5m long and weighs 44,000kg, is being delivered to an address in Wherstead Road.
The convoy will leave Tunstead …
This is how a vast £750 million rail freight terminal could look if it gets planning permission for green fields between Leicester and Hinckley. The image shows nine warehouses along with new road access to the M69 motorway as well as a rail terminal c…
A man has been seriously injured after being hit by a lorry.
Officers were called just before 7am today (Thursday, April 13) to the A47 near Uppingham after a lorry hit a pedestrian.
A man in his 50s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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A man has been seriously injured[1] following a collision on the A47 at Uppingham. The incident involved a pedestrian and a lorry, leaving the road closed for much of the day.
The collision happened at around 6.54am on Thursday (April 13) when police w…
A “serious” crash involving a pedestrian and a heavy goods vehicle has shut the A47 between Leicester and Uppingham this morning. The incident, reported by Leicestershire Police[1], happened near the Leicester Road junction just west of Uppingham at ab…