Drivers face severe delays on the M4 in Bristol while horses are being moved from a broken down horse box. The motorway has been closed in both directions between junctions 20 and 22, with traffic forced to take a diversion route this afternoon (April …
Traffic has been stopped on the M4 in Bristol while horses are moved from a broken down horsebox. A backlog of congestion is growing on both the M4 and M5 while the road is closed.
National Highways said: “The #M4[1] is closed in both directions betwee…
Traffic is at a standstill on two motorways in the South West while horses are moved from a broken down horsebox. Congestion is growing on the M4 and M5 in Bristol while the road is closed in both directions.
National Highways issued a statement saying…
Long delays have been reported on the M5 after a car flipped onto its roof in a rush hour crash near Bristol. According to reports, five vehicles were involved in the collision on the southbound carriageway over the Avonmouth bridge.
Emergency services…
Three men involved in dealing in farm machinery in Somerset have admitted handling stolen goods[1] and have been sentenced. Harry Hollowell, aged 25 of Jellicoe Road, in Yeovil, and 23-year-old Vincent Bruce, of Bearley Lane, Tintinhull, appeared at Br…
There are severe delays M4 Prince of Wales Bridge after a crash this afternoon. The busy motorway is congested in the Wales-direction as far back as J21, with further congestion on the M49.
Traffic eastbound is also heavily congested to J24, according …
Drivers are being warned of severe delays on the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge[1] after a crash this afternoon. The busy motorway is congested westbound as far back as J21, with further congestion on the M49. The closure of the M48 Severn Bridge due to hig…
There are severe delays M4 Prince of Wales Bridge[1] after a crash this afternoon. The busy motorway is congested in the Wales-direction as far back as J21, with further congestion on the M49.
Traffic eastbound is also heavily congested to J24, accordi…
The body of a big cat has been found by the side of a busy motorway. A driver claims to have witnessed the animal lying dead on the M49, close to the junction with the M5 – suspecting it had been hit by a car.
The M5 joins with the M49 at its J18A in B…
A driver claims he saw the body of a big cat by the side of the motorway – fuelling reports of wild beasts roaming across the South West. The sighting was on the M49 near Bristol, close to the junction with the M5[1].
Richy Cushing reported his experie…
Two lanes on the M5 at Avonmouth have reopened following a crash on the motorway. The closures were in place southbound between J18 near the Avonmouth bridge to J19 for Portishead.
According to traffic monitor Inrix, the collision took place on the bri…
A driver has died after a crash involving a car and a lorry on the M4 near Bristol, police have said. Emergency services were called to the collision, eastbound between junctions 22 for the M49 and 21 for the M48, at around 4.30am today (Monday, Decemb…
Police reported an incident early this morning, December 4, closing one direction then both directions of the M4 at around 6am.
A Somerset and Avon police spokesperson said: “We are appealing for witnesses following a collision between a car and a lorr…
The M4 is closed after a serious crash and is likely to remain shut all morning. The eastbound and westbound carriageways have been shut after a lorry collided with a car, causing substantial injuries.
Emergency crews are on the scene and drivers shoul…