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It is considered a ‘hazardous’ stretch of A-road due to the number of crashes that take place. The A4123 Wolverhampton Road in Sandwell[1] has seen numerous smashes over recent months and years, resulting in serious injuries and some even being tragica…
The specific locations where drivers are most likely to be caught out by the region’s newest average speed cameras can be revealed. Cameras were switched on at several spots across the Black Country[1] at the end of 2020 and have caught thousands of dr…
The incident occurred in November 2022 and left a scene of chaos
PCs Andrew Clarke, Paul Ennis, Andrew Lavanchy and a fourth officer, who cannot be named, have all been awarded Royal Humane Society Certificates of Commendation for their work to try a…
A motorcyclist suffered potentially serious injuries after a crash with a car on an Oldbury road. The motorcyclist, a man, was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital[1] following the smash at the junction of Wolverhampton Road and Bleakhouse Road, in Oldbur…
A crash involving a car and a lorry closed the M5 between Junction 1, for West Bromwich,[1] and the M6. The motorway was shut on the northbound route this afternoon.
Delays of about 30 minutes were being reported. The extent of any injuries was not yet…
A cattle lorry overturned on the motorway.
The incident happened between junction 3 for Quinton and Junction 2 for Oldbury.
The M5 was closed in both directions for quite some time, but the crash happened overnight, delays on approach were repo…
One lane is closed on the M5 northbound in the West Midlands between J3 (Quinton) and J2 (Oldbury) this morning after a crash involving an overturned cattle lorry.
The motorway was closed entirely throughout the early hours. It has now reopened but lan…
Hundreds of mourners paid tribute to a popular 19-year-old man – who was tragically killed in a crash – at a touching and sombre funeral. Ben Corfield was remembered for having a ‘big heart, kind spirit and a passion for trucking’ as he was laid to res…
A nurse was ‘crushed to death’ when a ‘careless’ lorry driver smashed into her car during a three-vehicle pile-up on the M6, a court has heard. Mum-of-two Victoria Kavanagh was behind the wheel of a Citroen C1 when Robert Ward’s HGV crippled her car as…
As motorists who spend most time on the roads, lorry drivers have a fair idea on the highs and lows of every motorway in the UK. But when asked to vote on the best in the UK, it was surprisingly the M5 that ended up back of the queue.
In stark comparis…