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The collision happened on the westbound stretch of the motorway from junction 27, for Gildersome, to junction 26, for Chain Bar.
Two lanes remain closed and heavy traffic has been reported, according to travel monitoring site Inrix.
Congestion is stret…
Danger drivers putting lives at risk on the M62 motorway through Greater Manchester have been revealed after a month-long crackdown.
They include a driver at the wheel of a truck carrying a load of chicken – and a 3.5 tonne transporter ferrying a vinta…
Speed cameras raced back into headlines this week when it was revealed Greater Manchester Police had installed 100 two-way ‘ultra’ cameras[1] across the city to catch drivers over the limit.
The VECTOR-SR cameras do not flash and use the latest in infr…
Operation Pennine saw police forces travel the route between Liverpool and Hull in the HGVs on the look-out for unsafe driving during the period in which they hired the cabs.
Each force used the unmarked HGV cabs during their own weeks of action thro…
It said Greater Manchester Police “found a common theme on their stretch of the M62 with 66 vehicles being found to be overweight”, including a van overladen with chicken and a 3.5-tonne transporter carrying a vintage American car to the south of Engla…
Ambulances rushed out to treat casualties after three-vehicle crash on the M62[1]. The motorway was closed for around two hours following a smash on the westbound carriageway near Rochdale[2].
All lanes were closed at junction 19 for Heywood[3] and Mid…
Cromwell Road, Grimsby, and Doncaster Road Hill, in Scunthorpe, will be among locations visited by mobile speed camera vans in the coming days.
West End Road, Epworth, and the B1210 Stallingborough Road/Great Coates Road, at Healing, will also be targe…
Hessle and the M62 will be among locations visited by mobile speed camera vans in the coming days.
The busy Boothferry Road in Hessle will be targeted by enforcement officers, while speeds will also be checked on the M62 between junctions 37 (Howden) a…
A driver who was so drunk[1] he was “hardly able to talk” before his son died crossing a motorway[2] has been jailed[3] for 10 years.
A court heard Matthew Rycroft’s autistic son Callum Rycroft, 12, was struck by a car as he attempted to cross the M62 …
Two lorries and a car were involved in the collision earlier today.
The M6 northbound has been blocked following the multi-vehicle collision, with delays between junction 23 (Haydock Island) and junction 22.
An air ambulance was sent to the scene follo…