Transport and Logistics Network
National Highways is launching a major new driver awareness campaign calling on motorists to plan their summer journeys ahead of one of the busiest times of the year for vehicle breakdowns.
In July and August 2022, National Highways traffic offic…
A number of dangerous vehicles were discovered and several drivers arrested after a joint police operation on a busy stretch of motorway near Birmingham. The commercial vehicle crackdown took place on the M42 on Tuesday (July 18) with almost 50 vehicle…
Warwickshire communities directly affected by the construction of HS2[1] say the scheme’s rising costs and environmental impact are causing ‘open hostility’. Huge swathes of Warwickshire[2] countryside have been turned into building sites to facilitate…
The driver of a recovery vehicle has died in a crash on the M42 to the south of the Leicestershire border. The 45-year-old man died when his truck collided with a Ford Fiesta in the early hours of Saturday, July 15.
Emergency services were called to th…
Two people have died in a crash on the M40 motorway. The incident happened between junction 16 and 15, near Hockley Heath in Solihull[1].
Emergency services were called to the scene at around 6.10pm on Saturday July 15. The collision involved a Ford Fi…
A man has died in a crash on the M42. The incident[1] happened between junctions 10 and nine of the southbound carriageway in Warwickshire[2] in the early hours of Saturday morning (July 15).
The crash, near Tamworth[3], involved a recovery vehicle and…
A serious crash in the early hours of this morning (Saturday July 15) has led to a closure on the M42[1] motorway. The incident happened near Tamworth[2] at around 2.15am.
Initially the motorway was closed in both directions between J10 (A5, Tamworth) …
Events are being cancelled due to severe weather warnings around Birmingham and the Black Country today (Saturday July 15). The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of the West Midlands and shared the places it is likely to hit.[1]
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Part of the M42 will be completely closed this weekend ahead of HS2 works, and motorists have been urged to check their journeys and allow for extra time to follow a diverted route. National Highways is advising drivers to plan their journeys as the M4…
Heriot-Watt University and the University of Glasgow are working on creating a “digital twin” to fully simulate the UK’s entire transport infrastructure to help shape future decarbonisation strategy.
The Twinning for Decarbonising Project (Transit) was…