Transport and Logistics Network
We joined Cumbria Police’s road policing unit (RPU) for a night to see how the team has developed in the year since it was created.
This also coincided with the first day of Operation Dark Night – a new operation which focuses on improving the safety o…
A collision involving a fuel tanker in the earlier hours of Saturday morning has left the stretch of road between the A591 at Keswick and the A5091 at Troutbeck closed this weekend.
The tanker left the carriageway and came to rest on the embankment, r…
The locations of the vans are revealed every day by Cumbria Police to help manage speeding in known hotspots.
A spokesperson for Cumbria police said: “Today our Road Safety Camera vans will be operating on the M6 between Junction 42 and Junc…
We’ve rounded the cases we covered that you might have missed.
Walney man took Mercedes Benz van without owner’s consent – sentence
A MAN is to be punished in the community for driving a vehicle without an owner’s consent.
John Burns, of Mill Lane on W…
Yorick de Munnick, 41, died at the scene of the crash on the A590 between Lindale and Newby Bridge at around 3.30pm on January 21, 2024.
Mr De Munnick, who moved to Kendal with his wife Abigail in 2010 from his native Netherlands, was driving west on t…
The locations of the vans are revealed every day by Cumbria Police to help manage speeding in known hotspots.
A spokesperson for Cumbria police said: “Today our Road Safety Camera vans will be operating on the A66 East of Penrith, Kirkby in Furne…
An online fundraiser set up in memory of a young Renfrewshire[1] dad has generated almost £7,000 as an inquest into his death on an English motorway began.Tragic John Burns was involved in a fatal collision as a pedestrian on the M6 near junction 42, o…
An inquest into the death of a young Celtic[1] fan who died on a motorway after boarding the wrong bus has begun.
John Burns, 22, was returning from watching Celtic’s game against Hearts on Saturday, September 14 when he was involved in the fatal crash…
A football fan died after he was struck by “a number of vehicles” on the M6 after watching his team play, an inquest heard.Celtic fan John Burns, 22, from Renfrewshire, was killed on the motorway on the outskirts of Carlisle on 14 September.It is belie…
In a post on social media, Cumbria Police wrote: “Today our Road Safety Camera vans will be operating in the Wigton area, the A595 between Thursby and Carlisle, Tirril, Newbiggin, the A66 between Kirkby Thore and Keswick, the M6 J40 – J37 and…