Transport and Logistics Network
Last year speed cameras boasting new technology were installed on some key routes in North Staffordshire. And in less than six months over 1,000 motorists have been caught out.[1][2]
The rollout saw 20 existing cameras ‘upgraded’. It formed formed part…
Speed cameras are getting smarter – and it’s becoming harder for drivers to get away with breaking road laws. New speed cameras[1] have been rolled out in a number of locations over recent months as part of a new crackdown, and I recently found myself …
Drivers are being warned of long delays on the M6 in Staffordshire following a crash between a lorry and a car. The collision has happened on the southbound carriageway before junction 13 for Stafford.
The tailbacks are being made worse as a caravan ha…
Two lanes of the M6 southbound were closed between junction 14 for Stone and junction 13 for Stafford after a van caught fire, with delays of up to an hour reported as crews from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service tackled the blaze.
The two crews fr…
West Midlands Ambulance Service received multiple 999 calls reporting of a serious RTC involving a pedestrian and a lorry on Christchurch Way, Stone.
Two ambulances, a paramedic officer and a West Midlands Air Ambulance unit with a BASICS doctor and pa…
As millions of people across the UK embark on summer holidays[1], drivers are being warned about significant disruptions due to over 220 miles of roadworks planned across the country’s motorway network.With major routes affected by ongoing construction…
A lorry driver was ‘taken to the cells’ after allegedly being found ‘paralytically drunk’ behind the wheel. Police were called to ‘reports of multiple road traffic collisions’ in Stafford, with the HGV allegedly ‘at fault’.
The driver ‘refused to provi…
Police patrolled the motorway in unmarked National Highways heavy good vehicles (HGV’s) during the crackdown – called Operation Vertebrae – last month.
From their elevated point of view in the trucks, the officers were able to look down into cars and v…
Dangerous driver Ryan Irvine has been jailed after he drove on the wrong side of the M6[1] for more than 10 miles. The 21-year-old delivery driver had pulled in at Stafford Services[2] as he journeyed south to London.
But he re-entered the motorway the…
A biker has been taken to Stoke-on-Trent’s main hospital after an M6 crash. An air ambulance landed at the height of the emergency response which closed both carriageways and led to miles of queues.
The collision – involving the motorbike and a van – o…