Transport and Logistics Network
Traffic on the M5 is being held following a three car collision with vehicles stationary around the scene. The crash, between a truck, van and a car happened this morning on the northbound carriageway of the motorway between junction 20 for Clevedon an…
Police stopped a 65-ton lorry which was driving unsafely on the M5 yesterday. The force say that the showman vehicle was doing excess speed for its weight in Devon.
According to the Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team, the lorry also had a loose whe…
A blaze broke out in a cider lorry on the M5 yesterday (April 25), causing a 14-hour road closure. Dramatic photos from the scene of the incident near junction 20 for Clevedon show the vehicle engulfed in a ball of flames.
The lorry was carrying 50 emp…
A lorry caught fire on the M5 motorway in Somerset today, causing severe delays to hundreds – if not thousands – of drivers. The blaze broke out near Clevedon shortly before 1.30pm and traffic on both sides of the road was halted.
Motorists in the area…
Cider-maker Westons has issued a statement after one of its lorries was involved in a major blaze on the M5 near Bristol today. Dramatic photos from the scene of the incident near junction 20 for Clevedon show the vehicle engulfed in a ball of flames.
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There are long delays on the M5 after a cider lorry burst into flames.
A section of the motorway is shut in both directions at J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way (Clevedon) due to the blaze.
Pictures from the scene show a fireball engulfing the Westons cider lorr…
A cider lorry has exploded into a ‘massive’ fireball on the M5 causing traffic chaos and road closures.
Police have shut off a section of the major motorway in both directions at Junction 20 near Clevedon in North Somerset due to the blaze.
Shocking im…
There are reports of ‘massive explosions’ on the M5 this afternoon. It comes after a lorry caught fire on the northbound carriageway near Clevedon.
Witnesses have taken to social media to warn motorists about the blaze. Reporting the scene on social me…
PARTS of the M5 remain closed following an earlier incident where an HGV caught fire between J21 for Weston-Super-Mare and J20 for Clevedon.Lane 4 has reopened past the scene of the HGV fire on the northbound between J21and J20however, lanes 1, 2 and 3…
EMERGENCY services are at the scene of an HGV fire at junction 20 of the M5 near Clevedon. The M5 is closed northbound between junction 21 (Weston-super-Mare) and junction 20 (Clevedon) due to the fire, which was first reported at around 1:25…