Drivers are being warned to expect five-mile tailbacks and delays of up to an hour following the incident on the M42 which ...

“Road works, potholes and delays,” a motorist complains. “Terrible road to drive on.” The unnamed driver is describing the M42 motorway, which loops around to the south and east of Birmingham. The ...

Traffic is starting to clear across the Midland motorway network after incidents caused two carriageway closures on separate motorways this morning. The first incident, a car fire, took place on the ...

Part of the M42 has closed this morning due to a police-led traffic incident, causing massive, hour-long delays both ways on the major motorway. Police have shut the carriageways in both directions ...

Motorists are facing miles of traffic delays in the West Midlands this morning as emergency services rush to the scene of a ...

Drivers have been warned to expect hour-long delays this morning on a major motorway due to a police led incident which has caused serious congestion in the West Midlands. The incident has caused the ...

Drivers have been warned to expect hour-long delays as the M42 is closed in both directions due to a police incident. The major motorway is currently shut after an incident between junction four and ...

Drivers came out of their vehicles at the M42 road closure after traffic came to a stop (Picture: Highways England) A stretch of the M42 has closed at peak rush hour after an incident on the motorway.

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