Ten miles of traffic jams at Dartford Crossing after car fire on M25

Motorists are facing around 10 miles of traffic jams around the Dartford Crossing on the M25, clockwise, following a vehicle fire. All lanes were closed at 10.25am on the M25, clockwise, from Junction 1a (Swanscombe) to Junction 1b (A296 Princes Road, Dartford). All four lanes were reopened around 12:35 p.m. Queues formed around the Essex-Kent … Read more

What next with the smart highways that have already been constructed?

A recently completed section of the M4 smart motorway in Slough – Mark Kerrison Before June 2019, Claire Mercer had no idea what a smart highway was. Her husband Jason, she thinks, doesn’t either. Doubly sad that he was killed by a lorry while stopped without a hard shoulder on a smart stretch of the … Read more

This is how you prevent travel chaos during Easter (in five simple steps)

Avoid long traffic jams and motorways that look like car parks with our essential advice – Gareth Fuller/PA More than 14 million holiday journeys will be made this Easter weekend, with the worst traffic congestion forecast on Good Friday and the Lake District, south coast and West Country to receive the worst traffic. The RAC … Read more

Delays on the M25 near Heathrow Airport are easing as the road reopens following a fatal accident

A man in his 70s has died after a van and lorry crashed on the M25 near Heathrow Airport, MET police have confirmed. Police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene of the accident on the M25 clockwise at junction 14 at around 9.35am. Paramedics performed CPR on the van driver, a man believed to … Read more

Hours of queues on M25 clockwise after crash

Stock image of a subway train (PA Archive/PA Images) Motorists on the M25 are experiencing delays of around an hour on Friday afternoon due to an accident. National Highways warned that motorists should expect around eight miles of traffic on the clockwise carriageway at Junction 27, near Epping, where the outer lane is closed due … Read more