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One lane was forced to close causing delays on the busy motorway
15:56, 05 Sep 2024
A lane was closed following a car fire(Image: Liverpool Echo)
A lane on the M53 was closed after a car burst into flames. Emergency services were called to the M53 So…
A “highly paid” nuclear power industry worker who laughed as he took part in disorder outside a mosque in Southport has been jailed for two years and four months.
More than 50 police officers were injured and a carrier was set alight during riots outsi…
Gary Toomey
Gary Toomey (Image: Merseyside Police)
A passenger who pulled the hand brake of a car causing a fatal crash on the M62 has been jailed.
Gary Toomey, 37, and his former partner Victoria Bell were travelling down a stretch of the motorway at …
The injuries are not thought to be life-threatening
18:13, 30 Aug 2024
Camera footage from National Highways shows congestion on the motorway
Seven people have been injured following a crash on the M6. Emergency services were called to the northbound…
All traffic on the M6 has been halted after an accident involving an overturned lorry. The incident has caused a stoppage in both directions from J27 A5209 Crow Orchard Road, Standish.
According to traffic alert site Inrix, the accident took place on t…
Ian Harris, aged 59, who was born and raised in St Martins, and lived in Oswestry[1], was killed in a collision last Friday involving a grey Audi he was driving and a blue Volvo HGV.
The crash, which occurred shortly before 9am, closed the major A483 r…
Preston Crown Court heard how Reece Lawrence Fowler, 33, ran a red light in his van at the junction outside BAE Systems in Samlesbury before it ploughed into the side of the vehicle being driven by Martyn Smith.
Mr Smith, 57, from Burnley[1], was a too…
National Highways has announced plans to install speed cameras on a busy Merseyside road to improve road safety
14:30, 18 Aug 2024
National Highways has announced plans to install speed cameras at Switch Island(Image: PA)
National Highways has announ…
St Peter’s Way on the A666 goes from the M60 Ring Road into the centre of the town.
The road is governed by a 50mph[1] speed limit which is monitored by average speed cameras and well signposted.
The cameras capture the speed at which a driver went bet…
Work on the M57 will begin later this month
13:55, 15 Aug 2024Updated 13:59, 15 Aug 2024
Switch Island in Merseyside(Image: Liverpool Echo)
Speed cameras will be installed at Switch Island as part of a number of changes coming to the M57 in Merseysid…