Drivers have been urged to avoid using their cars during torrential rain after flooding caused by Storm Henk brought widespread disruption to roads across the country. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said only journeys deemed “necessary” sh…
A motorist from Bath has died after a large tree fell onto his car as Storm Henk[1] battered the South West. The incident happened yesterday (January 2) at around 3.15pm.
Gloucestershire Police said emergency services including an air ambulance crew we…
A woman was seriously injured after her car flipped onto its side in a collision with a lorry close on a notorious section of a fast Warwickshire A-road. The crash happened close to the Darlingscote Road crossroads with the A429, near Shipston-on-Stour…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving following a crash which has left a major Gloucestershire road closed for hours. Emergency services were called to the A429 in Cirencester[1] just off the roundabout with the A419 at 3am today (Octob…
Motorists will face an official diversion taking them into Oxfordshire and back again when a stretch of the A40 in the Cotswolds[1] is closed overnight this summer. The major road[2] near Northleach will be shut from Tuesday, July 25 until Tuesday, Aug…
A major stretch of the A417 in Gloucestershire is to have temporary traffic lights[1] for nine hours overnight from tonight (Monday, July 3) until Friday morning (July 6). It’s for drainage survey works as part of the major Missing Link road scheme.
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More than 100 new signs have been added to some of Warwickshire[1]’s most popular motorcycle routes to help bikers stay safe on the roads. They are aimed at encouraging motorcyclists and drivers to look out for each other.
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Drivers have been warned to expect disruption after a lorry shed its load on a roundabout. The clean up operation affecting a number of major routes was expected to last until about 3pm today, Tuesday, May 30.
Warwickshire Police urged motorists to avo…
Gloucestershire’s roads are “in the worst state they have ever been” according to opposition councillors at Shire Hall that they are calling for the issue to be treated as an emergency. County councillor Paul Hodgkinson[1] (LD, Bourton-on-the-Water and…
The crumbling roads of Cheltenham are a bane for any motorists trying to get around town. If a road isn’t pock-marked with pot-holes it’s closed while they are being repaired.
And there was further frustration for fuming motorists over the weekend when…
A major route through the Cotswolds was reopened by police this morning (Monday, May 15) after a serious crash involving a car and a motorbike on Sunday. The collision happened at around 1pm yesterday on the A429 Fosseway and the road was reported as b…
The A429 Fosseway in Gloucestershire has been closed overnight due to a serious crash between a car and a motorbike earlier today (Sunday 14 May, 2023). The road has been blocked in both directions since the dsmash which happened at about 1pm today.
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Three new sets of HS2 roadworks are due to start in and close to Warwickshire[1] this week as construction of the controversial high-speed rail line continues. A section of the A429 Coventry[2] Road near Kenilworth[3] will close to enable trial hole ex…
There are early reports of a collision between a bike and a car in the Cotswolds. Traffic-monitoring site Inrix is reporting a crash where two main roads meet near Northleach this morning (Sunday, April 30).
Inrix is reporting: “Reports of accident, a …