Essex travel: Tuesday, May 13
Morning everybody and welcome to the Essex traffic and travel updates of the morning rush hour of today, Tuesday May 13. Roads 7.42am: Slow traffic is reported on the A12 towards London at junction 12...
View ArticleMan receives 'potentially life-changing' injuries after A414...
A MAN received 'potentially life-changing' injuries last night on the A414 after a three-vehicle collision. The incident, which happened at around 6.45pm on the westbound carriageway of the A-road by...
View ArticleMore misery for motorists after A12 collision
MOTORISTS driving on the London-bound A12 during rush hour this evening (May 15) were stuck in four mile tailbacks after a multi-vehicle crash near Galleywood. Two lorries and a car collided on the...
View ArticleDriver bailed after fatal crash that killed brother and sister on...
A DRIVER arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been bailed following the M11 crash yesterday afternoon that killed a brother and sister. A 53-year-old man from the...
View ArticleESSEX TRAVEL: Two lanes on M25 closed after accident between a...
TWO lanes are closed and traffic is back up on the M25 anticlockwise between junction 28, at the A1023, Brook Street Roundabout and junction 27 with the M11, because of an accident involving a lorry...
View ArticleBraintree High Street blocked by jam involving a bus and an...
AN ambulance treating a sick woman has blocked Braintree High Street causing a traffic jam for the last hour. An ambulance was called after a woman felt unwell in WH Smith in George Yard at around...
View ArticleESSEX TRAVEL, Wednesday May 21 (morning)
Motorists can expect delays travelling through parts of Chelmsford this morning. It is the usual battle to edge out of Van Diemans Road (A1114) to the Army & Navy roundabout with delays from Lady...
View ArticleClacton woman arrested on suspicion of drink driving after car...
A CLACTON woman has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car was found in a ditch near Marks Farm Roundabout in Braintree. The vehicle left the road at around 11am and emergency service...
View ArticleMother subjected to 'sick and awful' abuse on Facebook after...
A MOTORIST who knocked down a toddler on a zebra crossing says her life is "hell" after she became the target of an online hate campaign.Rachel Batts, 28, from Great Totham, says she accidently hit...
View ArticleEssex travel: Tuesday, May 27
Morning all, that sinking feeling in your stomach can be explained by two things: it's Tuesday and the weather isn't the most clement. But if you put an extra sugar in your tea, munch on that piece of...
View ArticleMotorcyclist injured after being trapped under bike in Witham
A FEMALE motorcyclist in her 20s was trapped under her bike after a fall in Witham this morning. She suffered the leg injury after on Hatfield Road at around 7.30am today. Ambulance crews were called...
View ArticleMan cut free from car and taken to hospital with spinal injuries...
A MAN was left with spinal injuries after a two-car collision in Braintree this morning. Paramedics were called to the incident in Bradford at around 9.55am. Firefighters were called at around 10.30am...
View ArticleTraffic and travel: Thursday, May 29
Here are the latest traffic and travel updates in Essex this morning: 8.40am There is queuing traffic on M25 clockwise at A282, QE2 Bridge with congestion to before J30, Lakeside. Traffic is slow on...
View ArticleRickstones School bus journeys face the axe under council...
SIX bus routes including one that carries school children at Rickstones School in Witham could be cut by Essex County Council in a shake-up of authority funded public transport. The future of the 383...
View ArticleWitham MP Priti Patel wants your questions to grill Greater...
WITHAM MP Priti Patel is calling on commuters to arm her with some tough questions to put to the MD of Greater Anglia at a meeting next week. The Conservative politician is set to come face-to-face...
View ArticleFire crews called as light aircraft crash lands at Southend...
A light aircraft crash landed at Southend Airport with one person on board. Fire crews and the Airport's own fire team attended the scene of the incident, which took place at around 11.45am today (June...
View ArticleA12 between Hatfield Peverel and Witham blocked after accident...
AN accident involving two cars and two lorries has blocked the A12 westbound this morning. The accident happended at around 7am between junction 21, with the B1389 at Witham south and junction 20a, at...
View ArticleWoman cut from car after three vehicle accident on A12 near...
FIREFIGHTERS cut a woman from a car after she was trapped following a crash involving three vehicles on the A12 this morning. The incident happened at around 7.30am between the junction with Witham...
View ArticleFirst UK motorbike storage docks installed in Chelmsford
BIKERS travelling into the city will now have their own secure place to store their leathers and helmet on arrival. Three secure motorbike parking and storage stations have been installed in...
View ArticleFive-car A12 crash halts commuters
A car crash on the A12 motorway involving five vehicles has caused severe commuter delays this morning (June 5). The collision happened near junction 20B at Hatfield Peverel heading London bound. The...
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