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The Vehicle Restraint Manufacturers Association (VRMA) claims that outdated safety barriers are not designed to withstand impacts from heavier electric vehicles.
09:24, 16 Mar 2025
The Vehicle Restraint Manufacturers Association (VRMA) claims that ou…
Incident now reported as involving ‘a car and van’
Inrix is now stating that the crash has involved ‘a car and van’. Intially it was reported by the travel news service as a multi-vehicles’ incident.
It has also been clarified by Inrix that a van, not …
A man has died in a crash with a lorry on the A17 near Boston.It happened near the junction of Stump Cross Lane, Swineshead, at about 04:30 GMT.Lincolnshire Police said a grey Ford Kuga car and a blue HGV were involved and a white HGV hit the debris.Th…
Driver dies after collision
Leicestershire Police have finally issued an update, confirming that a driver has died.
The statement said: Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the M1 motorway.
Police received…
A man has died following a collision involving a VW Golf and a lorry on the M1 this morning (March 16). Leicestershire Police[1] and East Midlands Ambulance Service[2] were called to the road, close to J22 at Markfield[3], at 4.40am this morning.
The c…
A man has died after his VW Golf was involved in a collision with a lorry on the M1[1] in Leicestershire earlier today (Sunday, March 16). The crash happened at 4.40am and shut a short section of the motorway in both directions for most of the day.
Lei…
The driver of a van is fighting for his life following a serious crash on the A90[1].
The collision happened on on the major road at around 2.45pm on Friday (March 14) and involved an HGV lorry and a van on the southbound carriageway near Brechin.
Emer…
By CHRIS POLLARD[1] Published: 00:29, 16 March 2025 | Updated: 00:39, 16 March 2025
Heavy electric cars could turn motorways into death traps because Britain’s crash barriers are dangerously outdated, experts have warned…
National Highways experienced signal outages lasting 28 days, eight hours and four minutes – with motorists, drivers and road users across the country warned this weekend.
08:03, 16 Mar 2025
Smart motorways in England could be forced into rule change…
We stop off halfway through the decade that was described as ‘swinging’ with our 10 archive photographs that show scenes captured around Newcastle in 1965.
Much in the city – and indeed in the wider world – has changed in the intervening six decades. T…