A motorist was pulled over by police with cruise control set at 100mph on M4. Police officers from Wiltshire Police’s Road Policing Unit were on patrol on the busy motorway this weekend and caught the speeding driver travelling past their vehicle.
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The crash between junctions 14 and 15 near Swindon resulted in one person being freed from their vehicle by the fire service using cutting equipment.
The accident caused the M4 to close in both directions while an air ambulance landed on the motorway. …
Long delays and heavy traffic have been reported on the M4 either side of Bristol after two crashes took place on the motorway. Traffic heading towards Bristol is affected at both crashes, with two lanes closed in both locations.
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A man has sustained serious injuries in a crash on the A338 in Wiltshire.
Emergency services were called to a road traffic collision the busy route, a mile south of Burbage, at around 10.30am this morning (Friday).
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Emergency services, including both police and an air ambulance, rushed to the westbound carriageway of the motorway near Royal Wotton Bassett, shortly before noon on Saturday, March 9.
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Two weeks of overnight closures on part of the M4 through West Berkshire have begun.
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Full statement from Thames Valley Police
This is what the force has said today:
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a road traffic collision on the M4 in West Berkshire today (11/1).
Shortly after 4am, a white Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van …