Transport and Logistics Network
Roadside assistance service DAFaid is celebrating its 50th birthday at the end of the month.
Launched in August 1974, DAFaid was a pioneering roadside assistance scheme for the transport sector – and has since grown to become the industry’s leading roa…
It was in the same month that Covid was declared a global pandemic when work finally started on Junction 10 of the M6. Outdated, and struggling to cope with modern volumes of traffic, something needed to be done to ease the congestion and regularly occ…
A cyclist was killed in a lorry crash today, Tuesday, July 9. Police said a man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
Emergency services were called to the junction of Chad Road and Augustus Court in Edgbaston[1] at just afte…
Central Motorway Police Group attended a crash involving two cars and a lorry on the southbound carriageway of the motorway near junction seven, for Great Barr, in the early hours of this morning.
CMPG posted on X, formerly Twitter: “Drink driver under…
Motorists have been warned of closures happening tonight on the motorway network. There will be full carriageway closures in place on the M6 and M54[1] for resurfacing works.
National Highways has advised motorists that diversions will be in place for …
The most congested roads in Birmingham and the Black Country have been revealed where it takes motorists more than a minute to drive 1 mile. The West Midlands is a heavily built conurbation with congestion occurring daily on its motorways and A-roads.
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Lane closures[1] remain in place on the M6 this morning after a crash involving a lorry. The HGV was involved in a collision with the central reservation and a lamp column earlier this morning, April 27, according to National Highways.
The highways age…
Millions of us believe our car’s state-of-the-art security will keep it safe from thieves. And then, along with thousands of others, that apparently impregnable – and expensive – motor is stolen, often from under the owner’s nose. For the first ti…
There are two motorway junctions in the West Midlands where drivers are most likely to get caught speeding. Thousands of fines have been handed out to motorists who were captured going too fast at these hotspot locations on the M6.
It should serve as a…
A learner driver who took police on a dangerous 90mph chase after being spotted behind the wheel of his girlfriend’s car has walked free from court. Dad-of-two Jordan Jones said he was ‘scared’ when police caught him driving his partner’s Nissan Juke a…