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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: …
A busy road in the city centre was partially closed[1] after a crash this evening (Thursday, October 16). Charles Street was closed near Charles Cross roundabout following a van crash.
A witness told PlymouthLive that multiple police vehicles were in t…
Firefighters have released striking images revealing the full scale of destruction caused by a lorry blaze on the M5 this morning (Wednesday), which has triggered widespread traffic chaos throughout Devon.
The motorway remains shut northbound between j…
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M5 Northbound closed, severe delays due to recovery work and earlier lorry fire from J30 A376 Sidmouth Road (Exeter / Service Areas) to J29 A30 Honiton Road (Exeter / Honiton).
Congestion to J31 (Okehampton turn off), with queues …
A lorry fire has forced the closure of part of the M5 in Devon.The fire broke out on the northbound side of the motorway between junctions 30 and 29 in Exeter at about 11:35 BST, said Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.Firefighters issued a war…
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…
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A motorcyclist was killed on the A35 near Axminster(Image: PAUL GILLIS / Reach PLC)
A van driver has pleaded not guilty to causing the death of a biker in Devon more than th…
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…
A vehicle towing a caravan was involved in a crash[1] on the A38[2] this afternoon (Monday, September 22) which caused severe delays.
At 3.50pm, police were called to the A38 northbound near Kenn and close to Exeter[3] Racecourse.
Traffic monitoring se…