Overview

• A 55-year-old motorcyclist died after a lorry collision shut the A1M southbound near Blyth between junctions 35 and 34.
• Police and air ambulances responded after a scooter crash near Hemel Hempstead on the M1 left a man in his 40s with life-threatening injuries and a woman in her 40s seriously hurt.
• An air ambulance landing on the M6 northbound at junction 1 near Coventry followed a single-car collision that left the driver in serious condition.
• A two-vehicle crash on the A44 at Broadwas injured three people, including the driver of a car who sustained serious injuries, and delayed traffic with diversions in place.
• A vehicle fire on the M4 westbound between junctions 16 and 17 closed two lanes and built a three-mile queue during the afternoon rush.