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A “serious multi-vehicle collision” has brought the M40[1] to a standstill with drivers warned a stretch of the road will likely be closed “throughout the morning”.
The southbound lane between Warwick and Gaydon is shut this morning after a heavy-good…
The three vehicle crash happened on the southbound carriageway between junction 16 for Hockley Heath to junction 15 for Warwick
09:37, 03 Nov 2025
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Paramedics were called to the scene(Image: WMAS)
A lorry overturned in a crash with another …
A ROAD rage driver who stopped dead on the M40 near Warwick to confront another motorist has been jailed.
The 38-year-old from Kent, who has not been named, forced another driver to stop behind him on the outside lane of the northbound carriageway with…
The 38-year-old driver of the truck was caught on camera in February this year pulling in front of another vehicle in the third lane of the M40 northbound near Warwick, before slowing to a complete stop, making the vehicle behind stop too.
The driver t…
Police seized a car in Coventry before making a discovery about its driver. Officers from Warwickshire[1] Police’s Operational Patrol Unit (OPU) stopped the Ford C-Max on Siskin Drive for being driven without valid insurance.
But officers made more dis…
A former Warwickshire Police officer has been cleared of sexually assaulting a woman by ‘back-handing’ her in her private parts. Daniel Gentles, who was Police Constable (PC) in the local force, was found not guilty at Warwick[1] Crown Court today (Oct…
A “fatigued” Birmingham van driver who killed his passenger when he smashed into the back of a lorry at 91mph drove past four service stations where he could have taken a break.Legard Swaby was driving from London to Birmingham[1] when the crash happen…
A man has denied causing the death of a motorcyclist who was killed in a crash.John Carter, 71, died after his motorbike and a lorry crashed on the A446 in Hams Hall, Warwickshire, on 5 September.Dimitar Kalchev, 48, of no fixed address, pleaded not gu…
A sleepy van driver crashed into lorry on M40 at 91mph. The impact of the crash on the M40 near Warwick[1] led to Legard Swaby’s passenger suffering catastrophic injuries.The passenger died later in hospital, Warwickshire Police[2] confirmed. The force…
John Carter, 71, died after his motorbike was struck by a lorry on the A446 in Hams Hall
14:02, 16 Sep 2025
Motorcyclist John Carter, 71, from Birmingham sadly died following a collision with a lorry on the A446 near Hams Hall (Image: Google )
The ‘d…