Transport and Logistics Network
Force uses drones to spot dangerous drivers
Drones are being used by specially trained officers to spot dangerous driving at known accident hotspots.
Jun 13, 2023
By Paul Jacques
Dyfed-Powys Police says officers will use the drones to identify and, if…
Police are urging drivers to take care on the roads after last weekend saw a number of people critically injured in crashes. North Wales Police[1] said they dealt with six serious crashes last weekend, four of which involved motorcyclists.
Of those fou…
M65 junction 5 (Image: StreetView)
There are delays on the M65 due to a multi-vehicle crash earlier this morning.
Lanes on the M65 eastbound carriageway between junction five (Guide/Shadsworth) and junction six (Blackburn/ Whitebirk Roundabout) hav…
A volunteer blood bike courier who died after hitting a car whilst going through a red light didn’t know he was using the blue lights and a siren fitted to his bike illegally.[1]
Russell Curwen, 49 was delivering blood to a hospital on his red and yell…
Blackpool has been named as the place with the most dangerous roads in England outside of London – with Blackburn[1] with Darwen[2] coming third.
The claim is based on research by road safety technology providers at Road Angel[3] compared the total num…
An elderly pensioner was rescued after ‘falling down a ravine’ in Darwen.
The incident took place in the Sunnyhurst woods area on Tuesday afternoon (April 18). The 85-year-old woman was left with back pain and rescuers from Bolton Mountain Rescue Team …
A key commercial complex has been given a boost by a fast-growing Blackburn[1] luxury car specialist submitting the planning application for a new showroom.
Autolab UK Ltd, which provides customised specialist vehicles for A-list clients including Prem…
Motorists faced a morning of misery as a lorry with an unsafe load caused hours of delays and miles of queues on the M6[1].
Earlier today (March 30), lanes one and two, of four, were closed on the southbound carriageway between junction 31 and junction…