Overview

• Greater Manchester Police said 81 drivers used the M60 hard shoulder between junctions 17 and 16 during a closure and will receive letters for reported offences that delayed emergency vehicles.
• A five-vehicle collision on the M56 westbound near Runcorn caused around 10 miles of queues and two-hour delays before the scene cleared by about 10am, with no injuries reported by Cheshire Police.
• Two separate multi-vehicle crashes closed sections of the A12 London-bound in Essex in the afternoon, with Essex Police reporting no serious injuries and three people taken to hospital with minor injuries as barrier damage was addressed.
• Traffic on the M61 southbound was brought to a standstill for a welfare incident near Farnworth, with a woman taken to hospital, and a separate breakdown was removed shortly afterward.
• An Arriva X12 bus was involved in a collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough; Cleveland Police and the North East Ambulance Service reported no injuries or arrests, and one patient was assessed and discharged at the scene.