Overview

• On the M20 near Wrotham, police say a single‑vehicle crash on the A227 bridge separated a tractor from its trailer before it fell onto the central reservation, and the driver was airlifted to King’s College Hospital in a critical but stable condition.
• The M20 stayed closed in both directions between junctions 1 and 3 into the evening for recovery, resurfacing and barrier repairs after damage and a fuel spill, with traffic diverted via the M26 and M25.
• The M42 was shut both ways between Tonge and the M1 J23a after a collision, with Leicestershire Police urging drivers to use alternative routes and National Highways warning of delays.
• A stretch of the M25 in Essex was closed in both directions between J29 and J30 for an Essex Police incident, and National Highways activated signed diversion routes.
• In Lancashire, the A56 between Haslingden and the M66 was closed after an overturned lorry and diesel spillage, and in Surrey police are investigating Sunday’s fatal M23 crash that left a man in his 50s dead and another man under arrest on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.