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The M1 southbound was closed between junction 13 A421 Bedford Road (Bedford / Milton Keynes South) and junction 12 A5120 Harlington Road (Flitwick) after an incident involving a lorry.
A lorry went through the central reservation onto the opposite side…
Police were called to a large car gathering that saw up to 80 vehicles “driving dangerously” on a busy road near Northampton.
Northamptonshire Police were called to a roundabout next to the Red Lion Truck Stop near junction 16 of the M1 on Saturday…
A lorry driver asked Leicestershire Police officers if he could have a discount on his fine after being caught texting while driving on the M1. The lorry driver was caught by traffic cops currently taking part in Operation Tramline – where an unmarked …
A call-out to a stranded motorist just off the M1 was no ordinary job for Mapperley’s Shahaid Khan. He was floored when he realised who the marooned driver was – legendary former two-weight world champion Chris Eubank Senior – who had run out of fuel, …
A woman who lost her husband in a crash on a smart motorway said that “thousands are being endangered” on the controversial roads while the government has paused any further developments. Claire Mercer, whose husband Jason was killed on a stretch of th…
UPDATE: National Highways are reporting this incident has been cleared, lanes have reopened and traffic is getting back up to speed. There is currently 12 miles of congestion, which is expected to ease over the course of the evening.
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Northamptonshire police said it was “disappointing” to catch professional commercial drivers breaking the law on the roads during a two-day operation using an unmarked HGV.
Officers from the safer roads team, supported by the special constabulary, used…
Operation Tramline involves the police’s own HGV to look them to see down into cars and across into other lorries.
National HGV road safety project – ‘Operation Tramline’
Three plain white HGV tractor units have been loaned out to police for…
‘Queueing traffic for six miles’
In an traffic update issued shortly before 6pm, Inrix said: “Two lanes closed, long delays and queueing traffic for six miles due to recovery work, accident, a lorry and a car involved and oil spillage on M1 Southbound…
Emergency services are warning drivers to avoid a busy part of the Northampton ring road during Friday’s morning rush hour while they mop up a spillage from an overturned BEER TANKER.
The incident is causing major congestion on Danes Camp Way, near…