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A van driver who crashed into the back of a broken-down car in the fast lane of a smart motorway has been convicted of causing the fatal collision.Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 on March 7 2022, when he hit a Nissan…
Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 on March 7 2022, when he hit a Nissan Micra which had stopped in the outside lane.
The crash, which took place on the M4 westbound between junctions 11 and 12 in Berkshire, caused both…
A motorist who crashed into the back of a broken-down car on a smart motorway has been convicted of causing the fatal collision.
Barry O’Sullivan, 45, of Wixams near Bedford, was driving a grey Ford work van at the time of the collision with a Nissan M…
A van driver who crashed into the back of a broken-down car in the fast lane of a smart motorway has been convicted of causing the fatal collision.Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 on March 7 2022 when he hit a Nissan …
Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 on March 7 2022 when he collided with a Nissan Micra that had come to a halt in the fast lane of the motorway.
The collision – which took place during the morning rush hour on the M4 w…
Do you have a story? Email [email protected] By LETTICE BROMOVSKY, NEWS REPORTER[1] Published: 18:02, 16 February 2026 | Updated: 20:09, 16 February 2026
Alerts designed to warn drivers of broken-down veh…
A fatal crash where a van driver crashed into a broken-down car in the fast lane of the M4 was “inevitable” because the smart motorway safety systems were malfunctioning, a jury has been told.Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along…
By JAKE HOLDEN, UK NEWS REPORTER[1] Published: 18:54, 11 February 2026 | Updated: 18:54, 11 February 2026
National Highways knew its smart motorway[2] system was down and ‘did nothing about it’ before a grandmother was k…
A smart motorway system “wasn’t working as it should be” at the time of a fatal collision on the M4, a court has heard.
The system had not been functioning for five days when 45-year-old Barry O’Sullivan’s grey Ford Transit Connect collided with the ba…
On Monday, April 22, a Panorama episode aired, giving insight into the safety fears which led to a ban on building more Smart Motorway.
The roads, which have no hard shoulder, stretch over 250 miles of the network and have faced heavy scrutiny.
The gov…