Overview

• On the M57 near Knowsley, a man in his 60s died after a car left the northbound carriageway and caught fire, and a 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop.
• The M6 northbound in Cumbria remains closed between J37 (Kendal) and J39 (Shap) after an overturned lorry caught fire, with recovery, resurfacing and barrier repairs ongoing and a signed diversion in place.
• A vehicle fire on the M25 anticlockwise near J16 led to hours-long disruption and emergency resurfacing, with three lanes closed for repairs and severe delays reported toward J17.
• Surrey Police referred an M23 fatality to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after a woman in her 50s was pronounced dead and prior police contact was confirmed days earlier.
• Further disruptions included a one-vehicle HGV crash on the A1(M) near Newton Aycliffe with the driver taken to hospital, a three-vehicle A4 collision at Clatford where a person was cut free, car fires on the A1058 in Wallsend with one patient taken to hospital, and separate M4 delays.