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The man was being taken to hospital as a patient in the ambulance when it stopped to provide further treatment on the northbound carriageway, between junction 21 (Weston-super-Mare) and 20 (Clevedon).
At 11.04pm, the ambulance service alerted Avon and …
The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched an investigation into the death of a teenager who got out of an ambulance on the M5[1] before being struck by a passing vehicle.The 18-year-old man was being taken to hospital on Sunday, November 3…
An on-duty officer came across the incident and attempted to move the man to safety to protect him and other road users.
Maxine Denton and Emma O’Neill Content Editor
17:55, 01 Dec 2025
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Traffic on the M5 following the crash
A man has died …
Drivers were delayed for an hour after all lanes on a stretch of the M5 motorway were closed after a crash involving a car and an overturned van in Worcestershire this morning.
The collision happened on the northbound carriageway, between junction 6 fo…
Three of four lanes were shut on the M5 motorway in Worcestershire after a crash caused a van to overturn.National Highways reported at about 07:15 GMT that the disruption on the northbound carriageway was between J6 at Worcester and J5 at Wychbold. Tr…
A van has overturned on the M5 northbound causing travel chaos with drivers stuck in five-mile queues.
Three out of four lanes are closed between Junction 6 for Worcester and Junction 5 for Wychbold in the West Midlands.
National Highways have warned …
An elderly woman has died after being hit by several vehicles. The pedestrian, in her 80, was involved a fatal collision on the A361 Caen Hill near Mayenne Place in Devizes, Wiltshire.
The fatal collision happened at 6.13pm last night (Friday, November…
Two men were arrested for drink and drug driving offences on the M5 on Tuesday.Officers from West Mercia’s Operational Policing Unit (OUP) held a day of action at Strensham Services on the M5 Southbound.A total of 31 vehicles were brought into the serv…
A LORRY driver has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after hitting cars in an attempt to avoid police.The lorry was stopped on the M50 motorway, with one man in his 40s arrested after he drove through the Strensham Services car park to avoid …
It is not clear what can be done to make the motorway safer for drivers
Shannon Brown Reporter
15:27, 17 Oct 2025
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A car transporter carrying nine electric vehicles was just one of the many major incidents to take place on the M5(Image: …