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A mum who was seriously injured in a crash on a smart motorway[1] says she has been scarred for the rest of her life. Ana Borges broke her back in several places, as well as six ribs, in the traumatising incident.
A mental health act administrator from…
A widow whose husband died on a smart motorway in Yorkshire said adding new places where motorists can stop in an emergency “is not good enough” and the hard shoulder needs to be reinstated.
Claire Mercer’s husband Jason was hit by a lorry and killed…
The widow of a ‘keen astronomer’ who was killed on a smart motorway has sent his ashes into space. Claire Mercer, who has been campaigning for the roads to be banned since husband Jason’s death four years ago, says he would have ‘loved’ the send off.
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A mum who survived a crash on a smart motorway[1] says she has been scarred for the rest of her life. Ana Borges, a mental health act administrator from Kegworth[2], drives every day on the M1 to get to work in Arnold[3].
But on the morning of April 25…
A mum who survived a crash on a smart motorway[1] says she has been scarred for the rest of her life. Ana Borges, a mental health act administrator from Kegworth[2], drives every day on the M1 to get to work in Arnold[3].
But on the morning of April 25…
Alarming footage captures the moment a drug driver[1] tears the wrong way down one of the UK’s busiest dual-carriageways at 125mph.
Thomas Garfitt, 28, even performs a dangerous handbrake turn on the A1 in the hair-raising footage.
It has been released…
Work to create new places to stop in an emergency on a smart motorway in Yorkshire will get underway next month.
National Highways said it is doubling the number of emergency areas on the M1 between junctions 32 (Thurcroft) and 35A (Stocksbridge), tak…
Drivers are facing delays on the M1 near[1] Nottinghamshire on Thursday afternoon. Two incidents have caused disruption on the major route.[2] Stop-start traffic is being reported for four miles and one lane closed due to broken down van on M1 Northbou…
A number of driving experts and haulage companies have lambasted smart motorways, suggesting they make drivers more anxious and the roads more dangerous. Smart motorways[1] were first introduced back in 2006 and were slowly expanded to motorways across…
Drivers travelling during this morning’s rush hour were faced with delays near Fosse Park. A crash nearby, at the Everards roundabout, led to a lane closure in Soar Valley Way.
Leicestershire Police confirmed it was called at 7.40am after a lorry and v…