Transport and Logistics Network
Drivers faced two-hour delays on the M5 this afternoon (Friday, November 14) as heavy rain, a road defect and crashes caused chaos.
All traffic on the M5 near Bristol was stopped after flooding across the motorway and a reported infrastructure defect. …
Traffic was halted on the M5 in Somerset following a crash this evening. Motorists were stationary between Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon.
National Highways’ traffic map reports half-hour delays as of 5.30pm.
Traffic monitor Inrix initially reported at…
A vehicle overturned on the M5 near Bristol, causing a huge backlog of traffic on the motorway this afternoon, Friday, October 17.
One lane was closed southbound at Portishead after a vehicle overturned and careered off the motorway.
National Highways …
Drivers on the M5 this morning[1] (Monday, September 8) faced major delays during rush hour after a crash left the motorway blocked.
There were several miles of queuing traffic. Traffic had returned to normal by 10am.
Traffic monitoring site[2], Inrix,…
A driver has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs following a crash between a van and a lorry[1] which left the M5 motorway blocked this morning, Monday, September 8. The driver, who was hospitalised after the collision, i…
Drivers are facing huge three hour delays on a busy motorway[1] with nearly 15 mile tailbacks caused by a “structural emergency”.
Three lanes on the M5 near Bristol[2] have been closed for emergency repairs with the motorway heaving with holiday traff…
Drivers faced major delays on the M5 around Bristol as the Friday getaway continued.
National Highways reported patches of extremely heavy traffic from Clevedon to South Gloucestershire.
Following an earlier crash, all traffic was held on the motorway …
Drivers face delays of at least an hour on parts of the M5 after a lorry ploughed into the central reservation near junction 29 on the motorway, at Exeter[1].
The outside lane of the M5 is currently closed as National Highways is at the scene. There ar…
Traffic is at a crawl on the M5 in Somerset as drivers set out on the weekend getaway journeys. There are delays of around an hour and a half on the motorway in the northbound direction, with further “severe” delays heading southbound this afternoon (F…
Avon and Somerset Police were at the scene of an incident on the M5 motorway today (Tuesday, June 10) where three vehicles collided, causing all three lanes of traffic going southbound to be held.
Delays were in place between Clevedon (Junction 20) a…