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Officers said no other vehicles were involved
10:13, 13 Mar 2026
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The A591 south of Kendal was closed for several hours
A driver has tragically died after a Mercedes ‘left the road and struck a tree’.
Emergency services rushed to the A591 so…
A driver died when their car left the road and struck a tree, police have said.Cumbria Police were called to the A591 south of Kendal at about 13:10 GMT on Thursday to reports of a crash involving a Mercedes car.Officers said no other vehicles were inv…
These are the locations that police regularly use to target speeding drivers across the county.
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Michael Moore, 62, who had an unblemished 30-year professional driving career before the incident, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court after he admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving on the A591 near Kendal.
Prosecutor Tariq Khawam outl…
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron called for the green light to be given for a northern relief road in Kendal after the town was gridlocked all day on Thursday, September 11.
Roads through Kendal and surrounding areas were badly affected after the…
PART of the M6 in Cumbria has been closed all day[1] after a lorry overturned and caught fire this morning (Thursday, September 11).
The incident happened on the northbound carriageway between junction 37 (Kendal) and junction 39 (Shap).
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Emergency services have rushed to the scene of an overturned lorry[1] that caught fire on a major motorway[2] this morning.
Traffic on the M6 has been held up since the early hours after the vehicle turned over on the motorway’s northbound stretch bet…
Motorists face long delays during morning rush-hour on the M6 following a horrific crash[1] involving a lorry.
The northbound section of the motorway[2] is shut between junction 34 for Halton and junction 35 for Carnforth, both in Lancashire, due to t…
Alexander Bell Bonnar, 69, died on August 15, 2024, when the BMW car he was driving was seen to suddenly veer from the M6 northbound between Junction 37 (Kendal) and Junction 38 (Tebay), leaving the carriageway and colliding with a tree.
Mr Bonnar, of …
Cumbria Police reveal the locations of the vans every day to help manage speeding in known hotspots.
A spokesperson for Cumbria police said: “Today our Road Safety Camera vans will be operating on the A65 between Kendal and Lupton, Kendal, t…