Transport and Logistics Network
A police helicopter was scrambled in a chase after a car ‘rammed a police vehicle’. Warwickshire[1] Operational Patrol Unit (OPU) officers say they were involved in a ‘lengthy pursuit’ late last night (April 14).
They clocked the car that they believed…
A man has died after the van he was driving crashed with a stationary tanker on the motorway, police have said.Officers said a tanker was reported to have broken down on the M40 northbound between junction 13 for Bishop’s Tachbrook and junction 14 for …
A large section of the M25 has been shut down after a devastating three-car crash[1] that triggered a horror fire, with smoke engulfing the motorway[2], causing widespread chaos and a complete traffic standstill.
One person was rushed to hospital with…
The incident took place this morning (Friday, April 11) and involved two cars on the motorway.
Having collided, the two cars were attended to by the emergency services, including Warwickshire Police.
Officers closed the M40 between J13 Bishops Tachbroo…
Ten years ago, National Highways’ first unmarked HGV cab went out on patrol with the police in an innovative trial to find new ways to deter unsafe driving.
Since that day, more than 51,500 offences have been recorded by officers from 35 different poli…
National Highways is marking 10 years of its Operation Tramline road safety initiative by releasing footage of the latest shocking unsafe driving offences captured by police.
More than 51,500 offences have been recorded by the Operation Tramline schem…
A 24-YEAR-old who fled across a field after his dangerous driving killed a woman on the M40 last year has been jailed for more than seven years.
At 7.10pm on Saturday September 28 last year, Akashdeep Singh was driving a Peugeot van northbound on the M…
Akashdeep Singh was driving a Peugeot van northbound on the M40, between junctions 11 and 12, at 7.10pm on the Saturday, September 28, last year.
Singh, of Twydale Avenue in Oldbury, had been disqualified from driving only two days before.
There had al…
A Midlands driver who killed a ‘beloved’ mum on the M40[1] has been jailed. Akashdeep Singh had been disqualified from driving at the time of the crash, with his actions slammed as ‘stupid, reckless and selfish.’
Singh, 24, was driving a Peugeot Boxer[…
A banned van driver from the Black Country who killed a ‘beloved mother’ on a Midlands motorway and then fled the scene has been put behind bars.Akashdeep Singh had been driving a Peugeot Boxer van on the M40 between junction 11 for Banbury and junctio…