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The number of reports of vehicles being driven the wrong way on England’s motorways rose by 13% in a year, an investigation has found.
Motoring groups described the increase as “frightening” and called for technological interventions to be considered.
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‘Frightening’ rise in vehicles driving wrong way on England’s motorwaysDrunk drivers and overreliance on satnav devices thought to be behind 13% riseIncidents of vehicles being driven the wrong way on England’s motorways rose to almost 900 in the last…
Reports of vehicles driving the wrong way on England’s motorways have risen by 13%.
Some 872 incidents involving “oncoming vehicles” were reported on England’s motorways in the year to June 16, the equivalent of 16 times a week. That is up from 770 dur…
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsReported incidents of wrong-way driving on motorways are on the rise.Here are six recent examples of people d…
The incident happened on the evening of August 5 and West Yorkshire Police[1] has launched an appeal for dashcam footage, as the driver did not stop at the scene. Here’s everything we know so far.
When and where did the tragedy take place?
The crash…
The boy was hit by a vehicle on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway between junctions 25 and 26 near Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire at about 9.50pm on Saturday, and found in the westbound carriageway.
He was trying to make his way from the central r…
A 12-year-old has been killed in a tragic hit and run crash on a busy UK motorway
West Yorkshire police have launched an appeal
A 12-year-old boy has died after being hit by a vehicle on a motorway yesterday (August 5). The incident occured on the M6…
Police have issued a statement after a 12-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing the M62 motorway near Cleckheaton.
From the information police have released, there is a suggestion that a boy and an older man had been involved in a car…
1 hour agoImage source, GoogleA 12-year-old boy has died in a hit-and-run crash on a motorway in West Yorkshire.The child was struck by a vehicle on the eastbound carriageway of the M62 near Cleckheaton shortly before 22:00 BST on Saturday.West Yorkshi…
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA 12 year-old boy has been killed in a hit-and-run on the M62 motorway in West Yorkshire. The child was struc…