Transport and Logistics Network
Part of the M42 has closed this morning due to a police-led traffic incident, causing massive, hour-long delays both ways on the major motorway[1].
Police have shut the carriageways in both directions between J4 for Shirley and J5 for Solihull. It has…
A man hunt is on for Ford Transit van occupants who ‘chased a cat around the M6’ before fleeing the scene of a crash. Warwickshire[1] Police’s Operational Patrol Unit (OPU) say they are investigating a road traffic collision that took place on the M6[2…
Andrew Lawton, 49, appeared at Worcester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (June 18) charged with exceeding the speed limit on a motorway.
Lawton, of St Michael’s Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, was snapped by a variable speed camera on August 28, 202…
A truck driver was caught using a mobile phone on his lap while driving in Warwickshire[1]. He was one of 62 drivers clocked by police using a handheld mobile phone behind the wheel.
Police used a HGV ‘super cab’ on the M40, M42, M6 and M69 and videoed…
Heavy traffic delays are expected near BHX
20:55, 22 May 2025
Built up traffic on the M42, near Birmingham Airport, following a crash(Image: Motorway Cameras )
A section of the M42 northbound, near Birmingham Airport, was closed tonight following a c…
Traffic police officers have been driving a plain white HGV tractor unit on key routes to spot drivers using mobile phones or breaking seatbelt laws.West Mercia Police borrowed the vehicle from National Highways because it gave them “an elevated positi…
“Most people don’t think that we are here”
17:53, 18 May 2025
Inside the huge control room
Inside a bustling hub off the M6 near Newton-le-Willows is a 24-hour control room that never sleeps; with huge screens displaying the north west’s busy road ne…
The crash happened on the southbound carriageway between junction 10 for Tamworth and junction 9 for Curdworth, just before 4.30pm, on Sunday, April 13
17:18, 13 Apr 2025
M42 traffic near junction 10(Image: National Highways)
Drivers are being warned…
The vehicle was pulled over during a West Midlands Police operation at the NEC near the M42
15:12, 06 Apr 2025
A company has been fined more than £800,000 after police found one of their vehicles to be carrying an “abnormal load” without proper notif…
There are long delays on the M6 near Birmingham after a lorry shed a load of gravel on the highway.
Two out of four lanes of the M6[1] were closed between junction 5 for Castle Bromwich and junction 4A the M42 link road on the southbound carriageway.
T…