Transport and Logistics Network
It’s been a minute since we visited Japan for a snazzy auto show. The biennial Tokyo Motor Show was cancelled in 2021 due to the COVID pandemic, making 2019 the last official running of the event. Now it’s 2023, and much has changed in the automotive w…
Earlier this month, Stellantis announced plans to hold the “Commercial Vehicles Ambition Day” on 23 October to outline its plans pretraining to vans and trucks. In the lead-up to the event scheduled for next Monday, the automotive conglomerate is annou…
The A29 near Horsham[1] was closed on Tuesday morning (October 17) after a crash involving a van and motorbike, which tragically saw a 66-year-old man die at the scene. The incident, in Slinfold, resulted in the road being closed for several hours.
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A driver suffered serious leg injuries after a car crashed into a house in Shelton[1]. Emergency services were called to the property on Cleveland Road at 6am on Tuesday (October 17).
They discovered that a white Vauxhall Corsa had ‘collided with’ a ho…
A hive containing as many as 30,000 bees was removed from the University of Chester[1] last week. The bees had taken up residence inside the trunk of a tree outside the Hollybank building off Liverpool Road.
Bees were caught on camera buzzing at openin…
A drink driver who went head-on into another vehicle while more than three times the legal limit has been disqualified. Frank Weitner, 42, of Knaphill Crescent, Northampton, was driving a white Renault van along the B645 at Hail Weston on May 15 at aro…
A motorcyclist from Billingshurst has died on Thursday (October 17) after a crash on the A29 in Slinfold, near Horsham[1]. The crash, which involved a motorbike and a van, happened at 7.07am on Stane Street.
The 66-year-old motorcyclist died at the sce…
Dramatic moment van flips on a Sydney motorwayBy Madeleine Achenza For Nca Newswire[1] Published: 05:48, 17 October 2023 | Updated: 07:44, 17 October 2023
Shocking dashcam footage has captured the moment a van driver nar…
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16 October 2023
Steer-by-wire is one of those technologies that has remained on the fringes for a couple of decades, but as these systems become increasingly sophisticated, they can be used to engineer driver involvement into a car’s hand…
A drunk man who was high on drugs[1] and failed to stop for police officers has been sentenced to time in prison for the risk he posed to local communities. Ashley Collingwood-Hook, of Downing Street, Alfreton, was arrested on February 19, 2023, after …