Transport and Logistics Network
Highways and police have closed two lanes on the M6 southbound between junction 31 for Preston and junction 30 for the M61 due to a lorry with a shifted, unsafe load.
The load will need to be removed and the vehicle cleared before any of the lanes are …
Two lanes closed
A spokesperson for traffic monitoring website, Inrix, said: “Two lanes closed and queueing traffic due to shed load on M6 Southbound from J31 A59 Preston New Road (Samlesbury) to J30 M61. Congestion to J31A (Longridge). Travel time is …
A police helicopter and a stinger were used in an operation to stop a ‘convoy of cloned cars’ on the A444. Warwickshire[1] Police’s Operational Patrol Unit (OPU) say that they clocked three cloned vehicles travelling in convoy.
They say that with the h…
One taken to hospital
We have a statement from Cheshire Police: “At 2.24pm today (28 March) police were called to a two vehicle collision on the M6 between junction 17 (Sandbach) and junction 16 (Crewe).
“The collision involved a HGV and a car. The fem…
The M6 on the border with Lancashire and Cumbria has been closed in a northbound direction as the emergency services tackle a heavy goods vehicle fire.
Cumbria Police says the busy motorway has been closed between junctions 35 and 36 by the blaze, with…
Cumbria Police were called to an incident on the A66 near North Stainmore, at 4.36 am as a lorry had overturned.
The man, in his fifties, was taken to James Cook hospital in Middlesbrough by ambulance, though the nature of his injuries is still unclear…
A stretch of the A66 between Penrith and Brough has been closed to traffic after a heavy goods vehicle overturned in the early hours of Wednesday morning, it has been reported.
According to the National Highways authority for the North East, traffic wa…
A man has been hospitalized after two lorries crashed on the M5. The crash has taken place between Junction 1 of the M5, West Bromwich, and Junction 8 of the M6, Wednesbury today (March 20).
Two lanes have been closed, with two miles of congestion buil…
Progress is being made on plans to transform a mothballed railway line into a route for cyclists and walkers, council chiefs say.
The former former South Staffordshire Railway Line, which opened in 1849, was used for passenger travel and freight but ha…
A lorry driver moving a static home as part of an abnormal load on the M6 failed a string of police checks. Motorway cops said they seized the ‘dangerous’ vehicle and reported the driver.
Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) said they halted the load f…