UK Traffic

Chemical Spill On M25 Causes Traffic Chaos

PA | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK

A chemical spillage from a lorry caused traffic chaos on Saturday, closing roads and delaying Tottenham Hotspur's kick off. The incident on the M25...

Vigil For Student Nurse Killed In Motorway Crash

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK

A vigil has been held to remember an 18-year-old woman who died in a horrific motorway crash which left eight other women from a hen party seriously i...

Family Of M62 Crash Victim Say Teenager 'Will Never Be Forgotten'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK

The family of a woman killed in a crash as she travelled to a hen party have said she will never be forgotten. Bethany Jones, 18, was killed and ei...

Motorway Pileup Injures 19 People

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK

One woman has died in a collision between a lorry and a minibus on its way to a hen party on the M62 in West Yorkshire. A lorry driver has been arr...

Government Accused Of 'Complacency' As Gas Supplies Run Low

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK

The government has been forced to deny Britain is running out of gas as the appalling weather shows no sign of going away. There have been warnings...

No Let-Up As Winter Storms Sweep Britain

PA | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK

Heavy snowfall across many parts of the UK has caused disruption to communities and the nation's transport network today - with warnings of more wintr...

Snow, Blizzards And Flooding Mark Start Of Spring

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK

More than 44,000 homes and businesses in Northern Ireland have been left without power after much of the United Kingdom was battered by snow, sleet an...

Man Killed In Motorway Bridge Fall

PA | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK

A man died after falling from a motorway bridge on to the road below. Police were called to the M42 between junctions 3a and 4 in Birmingham at 10....

Man Dies After Motorway Collision

PA | Posted 09.02.2013 | UK

driver died when he got out of his car in the middle lane of a motorway and was struck by a number of vehicles. The collision happened on the sout...

MEPs Sounded Out Over Anti-traffic Noise Plan

European Parliament Web Team | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Politics
European Parliament Web Team

Noise is one of the scourges of modern life and one of the main causes is traffic noise. Research by the European Environmental Agency shows that half of the people living in urban areas suffer from unbearable traffic noise.

Beckham's Nasty Shock

WENN | Posted 27.01.2013 | Home

David Beckham had a nasty shock driving his car in London on Thursday - he was forced to slam on his brakes to avoid a pedestrian crossing the street....

Heavy Snow Storms Strand Drivers On Motorways

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK

The M6 motorway was blocked in both directions between junctions 25 and 27 in Lancashire on Friday night when a sudden burst of more than a foot of sn...

The Internet of the Automobile

Jim Bak | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK Tech
Jim Bak

Thirty years ago a "thinking car" was the stuff of fantasy TV dramas. Three decades later a new breed of intelligent automobiles have driven off the set of Knight Rider and onto our roads making it easier than ever before to navigate from place to place.

Going Anywhere For Christmas?

PA | Posted 22.12.2012 | UK

People heading off for the great Christmas getaway are finding their travel plans in peril as rail failures and floods stalled journeys for millions. ...

Millions Abandon Britain For Festive Period

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 20.12.2012 | UK

Wintery wet weather and torrid traffic congestion is hitting the country as nearly four million Britons head abroad for the festive period. Those s...

Horses Killed On Motorway After Escaping Enclosure

PA | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK

Two horses died when they were hit by a vehicle on the M1 on Saturday. Six horses got out of a nearby field and on to the motorway's southbound car...

Man, 67, Saves Day After Bus Driver Faints

PA | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK

A "brave" pensioner has been praised by police after he grabbed the wheel of a bus after its driver passed out. Alfred Throop, 67, was on a bus in ...

Fowl Play Causes Rush Hour Jam (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.10.2012 | UK

Police were forced to intervene after a gaggle of socially unaware geese caused a traffic jam on a busy London street on Thursday. The geese wander...

The Worst News Of The Year So Far

PA | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK

Road gritting and snow clearance teams are standing by to deal with the first onslaught of wintry weather as forecasters warn that temperatures are li...

M20 In Chaos After Pile-Up

PA | Posted 20.09.2012 | UK

A pile-up on a motorway will mean traffic chaos for most of Thursday after police closed a section of the M20 in Kent. Emergency services were call...

WATCH: Dancing Traffic Cop Entertains Drivers

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.09.2012 | UK Comedy

Know what, folks? There's very little we like more in life than stumbling across a dancing police officer. And there seem to have been a few of them o...

WATCH: Brazilians Take Bad Driver Into Their Own Hands

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.09.2012 | UK Comedy

Hey! Pedestrians! Don't you just hate it when a selfish, self-centred driver fails to observe the road markings at a clearly designated crossing point...

Two Killed In Late Night Traffic Accident

PA | Posted 01.08.2012 | UK

Two people have died after a crash between a motorcycle and a car, police said. The collision happened just after 11pm last night on Lushington Hil...

Olympic Traffic As Closure Hits M4

PA | Posted 30.07.2012 | UK

A section of a main road route into London had to close today as rush-hour travellers mixed with Olympic traffic on the first working day during the G...

PHOTOS: Olympic Lanes Cause Traffic Chaos

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 16.07.2012 | UK

The first specially designed 'Games Lanes' came into operation on the M4 on Monday, aimed to relieve traffic as the athletes and their entourages arri...