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It is not clear what can be done to make the motorway safer for drivers
Shannon Brown Reporter
15:27, 17 Oct 2025
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A car transporter carrying nine electric vehicles was just one of the many major incidents to take place on the M5(Image: …
Huge tailbacks have cleared on the M5 in Devon after a lorry and two cars crashed.
The motorway was partially blocked northbound between Exeter and Cullompton services following the collision.
Traffic monitor Inrix reported: “M5 Northbound partially bl…
A car transporter carrying electric vehicles burst into flames on the M5[1] this morning, closing the motorway.
Drivers were caught in huge delays between Cullompton services and Exeter,[2] with emergency services are at the scene of the blaze which st…
A major incident has been declared by emergency services after a stretch of the M5 was closed in both directions due to a fire on a lorry carrying electric vehicles. The motorway was shut in Devon between junction 28 at Cullompton and junction 29 for E…
Devon and Cornwall Police has issued new details following two serious crashes on the M5[1] yesterday evening (Thursday, September 18).
Emergency services were called to the scene of two crashes on the motorway in Devon yesterday evening.
One man died …
A man has died and another motorist was seriously injured in two separate crashes on the same stretch of motorway.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the incidents, which both involved multiple vehicles, happened on the M5 southbound near Willand, Devon o…
A lorry driver spent 11.5 hours on the road after getting caught between two crashes on the M5 overnight. He was travelling from Bristol to Plymouth[1] but was one of scores of drivers who got stuck for hours after two major crashes closed the M5 overn…
37 minutes agoZhara SimpsonSouth WestA man has died and several other people have been injured in two crashes on the M5 in Devon, police have said.Devon and Cornwall Police said a driver in his 30s from Plymouth died after a collision involving four ve…
Commuters are facing chaos on the M5 this afternoon after a van suddenly erupted in flames, forcing traffic to a halt.
Cameras the gridlock just above Exeter[1], with those travelling between Cullompton and Honiton left stranded in their cars.
Roads a…
A 6.5 mile (10.5km) stretch of the M5 was closed for four hours after a crash, police have said.Devon and Cornwall Police said both directions of the motorway between junction 28 at Cullompton and junction 29 at the A30 had been closed on Sunday mornin…