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Part of a motorway was closed after a lorry crashed off the carriageway.
The vehicle left the road at around 2.30am and went through a barrier on the M26 between Junction 2A near Wrotham[1] and the M25 near Sevenoaks[2].
Part of the M26 has been clos…
Motorists are being warned to expect severe delays on the M25 as repairs take place following a crash.Only one lane on the anticlockwise stretch of the motorway in Hertfordshire, between junctions 25 (Waltham Cross) and 23 (A1), was left open on Friday…
Some people are believed to have ‘blindly followed’ their sat nav
News[1]
Gary Stewart[2] Audience Editor and Neil Lancefield PA Transport Correspondent
13:31, 30 Dec 2024
Reported incidents of wrong-way driving on England’s motorways have increased …
By MEGAN HOWE[1] Published: 18:09, 30 December 2024 | Updated: 19:46, 30 December 2024
There has been a ‘frightening’ rise in reports of people driving the wrong-way down England’s motorways in the last year, an investigation has fou…
There has been a “deadly” rise in reports of people driving the wrong way down England’s motorways in the last year, an investigation has found.
There has been a 15% increase in incidents – with some of them down to drivers “blindly” following their sa…
A motoring organisation described the increase as “frightening” and called for a “full review of signage and road layout”.
National Highways figures obtained by the PA news agency show 988 incidents involving “oncoming vehicles” were reported on Englan…
“Obviously there’s stretches of the northern part of the M25, part of the M4, the M5, a lot of routes people use for the sorts of journeys they’re going to make ahead of Christmas where they just can’t open all the lanes back up again. So, there’s thos…
By ELIZABETH HAIGH[1] Published: 12:43, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 12:43, 24 December 2024
Brits making a last-minute dash home for Christmas[2] today are facing traffic gridlock after a lorry overturned causing a major motorway to…
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