Transport and Logistics Network
A suspected drug dealer managed to hobble away from the wreckage of a stolen BMW X5 which landed on a motorway footbridge ON ITS ROOF following a 90mph police chase.
The car, said to have been stolen in Salford[1], is believed to have hit a kerb and th…
Tracey Colgan, from Partington, crashed into the police car on Redbrook Road on May 20.
Colgan failed the breath test at the roadside and she was taken to the police station in Pendleton, Salford, where she failed the breath test for a second time. She…
Calls have been made for a review of speed camera installation criteria after the publication of the latest road casualty figures for Greater Manchester. Councillors said the ‘bar is far too high’ in terms of how new sites for cameras are selected.
Tra…
Snake Pass – one of the main roads through the Peak District which connects Manchester to Sheffield – has been closed this evening.
According to traffic monitoring services, the road has been closed between the A6013 for Ladybower Reservoir and Hurst R…
Police investigating a fatal road accident in which a 85-year-old pedestrian was struck by “multiple” cars are appealing for a key witness to come forward. The man was walking home in the village of High Legh, six miles from Knutsford, and died at the …
A stretch of the M6 is set to remain closed for ‘several hours’ this afternoon after a serious crash.
The northbound stretch of the motorway near junction 23 at Haydock has been fully closed after the crash between two HGVs and a car.[1] Traffic is als…
It’s the one night of year when even the most sceptical souls are happy to indulge in tales of mystery and the macabre. Yes Halloween[1], the creepiest date in the calendar we have come to celebrate in seemingly more elaborate ways each year.
In modern…
A young motorbike rider has been left fighting for his life in a crash which shut a busy Birmingham[1] road for hours. The crash took place on the A38 Tyburn Road in Erdington[2] at around 2pm on Sunday (September 17).
The rider, in his 20s, was on a r…
Police have issued an urgent witness appeal following the death of a motorcyclist this week. Officers from West Mercia Police rushed to the scene on the A46 Evesham bypass at around 5.50pm on Wednesday (August 30).[1]
The force said a biker riding Hond…
A man was killed in a motorcycle crash on the A46 near Evesham[1] on Wednesday evening (August 30). He died around 90 minutes after another fatal collision[2] on the A46, in Ashchurch near Tewkesbury, which also involved a motorcyclist.
West Midlands A…