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A ROAD rage driver who stopped dead on the M40 near Warwick to confront another motorist has been jailed.
The 38-year-old from Kent, who has not been named, forced another driver to stop behind him on the outside lane of the northbound carriageway with…
The 38-year-old driver of the truck was caught on camera in February this year pulling in front of another vehicle in the third lane of the M40 northbound near Warwick, before slowing to a complete stop, making the vehicle behind stop too.
The driver t…
Ian Steel, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was the driver of a Peugeot which caused a crash on the A420 near Abingdon on November 23, 2023.
Steel, 45, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday, October 15 after he pleaded guilty to causing …
Police seized a car in Coventry before making a discovery about its driver. Officers from Warwickshire[1] Police’s Operational Patrol Unit (OPU) stopped the Ford C-Max on Siskin Drive for being driven without valid insurance.
But officers made more dis…
Thames Valley Police officers, who were pursuing a cloned Peugeot Expert Van from Banbury, were assisted by Warwickshire Police in the early hours of Saturday (October 11) morning.
Warwickshire Police said the occupant had been involved in a robbery wh…
A former Warwickshire Police officer has been cleared of sexually assaulting a woman by ‘back-handing’ her in her private parts. Daniel Gentles, who was Police Constable (PC) in the local force, was found not guilty at Warwick[1] Crown Court today (Oct…
A “fatigued” Birmingham van driver who killed his passenger when he smashed into the back of a lorry at 91mph drove past four service stations where he could have taken a break.Legard Swaby was driving from London to Birmingham[1] when the crash happen…
A sleepy van driver crashed into lorry on M40 at 91mph. The impact of the crash on the M40 near Warwick[1] led to Legard Swaby’s passenger suffering catastrophic injuries.The passenger died later in hospital, Warwickshire Police[2] confirmed. The force…
Data obtained by Parkers from National Highways has shown the shocking scale of motorway night closures afflicting British motorists. From the start of 2020 until the end of 2024, there were 277,653 closures affecting driver’s journeys, making them la…
A driver pleaded ‘I weren’t doing nothing’ after making a U-turn on the M40 and ramming a police car. Stuart Jones had led officers on a dangerous chase.
It started when he rammed a police car and followed it in his van, before fleeing the scene. He co…